I can explain it to you, but I can’t comprehend it for you.
In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
We’re in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.
Tone can be as important as text.
No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What’s cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don’t want to do that.
The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.
In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.
There’s enormous energy required to carry grudges – enormous energy! And I’m getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges.
It’s a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.
The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth – something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food – just watch it, don’t eat it.
Be different-if you don’t have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage.
The most guileful amongst the reporters are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion.
I’m not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn’t a mayor.
I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn’t make a difference to me.
The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.
Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan’s Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn’t think they’d come home alive. I didn’t think I would either, so I was happy when I did.
If you turn your back on these people, you yourself are an animal. You may be a well-dressed animal, but you are nevertheless an animal.