Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.

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 knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.

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 don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.

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.

It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.