“I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.”

I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.

I’m going to change everything you believe about HUD.

I’m running for governor; I’m not running for a legislative office.

I don’t know people who don’t say ‘boy, the government is working better now.’

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.

Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.

I did experiment with marijuana when I was a youth.

I’m a Queens boy at the end of the day.

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

To be clear no one is above the law.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

I don’t think bonuses are always bad.

I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.

When I structured my career, I looked at Muhammad Ali, which is my all-time favorite and an idol of mine, and what he has done for this sport. He was a real-life hero.

My only idol is God, and I kick myself when I don’t pray regularly enough.

Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.

I appreciate that young girls look up to me. And I take that very seriously.

The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.

I was on Ghetto Idol. We didn’t have any of the stuff they have now.

I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.