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

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!

[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.

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.

Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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.