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

Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.

Like many others, I'm deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty in their own lands. But as a country, we cannot afford to have a total open-door policy without any restrictions on entry.

Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.

Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!

Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!

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.