Practice patience; it is the essence of praise. Have patience, for that is true worship. No other worship is worth as much. Have patience; patience is the key to all relief.
I'm not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn't a mayor.
I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
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.
In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at grave peril to the arts.
The part that's difficult is being single, at 41, after 10 years of marriage and two kids. That's like having a bunch of money in a currency of a country that doesn't exist anymore.
Decline of the letter, the rise of the notebook! One doesn't write to others any more; one writes to oneself.
Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.