Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.

I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want, we aspire to.

Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.

Everyone felt comfortable with these guys and what their vision was, and when they said they want to keep the staff intact, that was very encouraging.

If you walk into somebody's office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won't hire you? They don't hire you 'cause you look like you're crazy!

If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.