We had to take a really hard look at transit -- something that's not mandated, but optional.

We had to take a really hard look at transit -- something that's not mandated, but optional.

We had a great first and third periods. We just got soft in the second. We didn't really battle the read more

We had a great first and third periods. We just got soft in the second. We didn't really battle the way we have to.

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval read more

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy had—a life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love read more

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which read more

He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.

Discretionary funds are asking for trouble anytime you give people money and the opportunity to do anything they want with read more

Discretionary funds are asking for trouble anytime you give people money and the opportunity to do anything they want with it and they aren't held accountable the possibilities are endless.

I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score.

I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

This is a long-term process, ... I underscore the fact that it is incremental. I don't want to get people's read more

This is a long-term process, ... I underscore the fact that it is incremental. I don't want to get people's expectations too high; it's a long road...No one thing is going to turn your downtown around.