I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.

I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy.

Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States.

Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.

I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.

If you look at who starts new businesses, people that are innovative and risk takers. When you look at immigrants, you really have to be an innovator and a risk taker to leave everything you know in the old country and go to a new country. People that come here in America come here to work.