A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.

There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.

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.

I don't think bonuses are always bad.

I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators

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

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.