I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.

I'm not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn't a mayor.

I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

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.

In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.