"If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time."

"To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature."

"I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art."

"Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams."

"Under the Healthy Americans Act, you're in charge of your health care - not your employer. If you lose your job, change jobs or just can't find a job, your health insurance is guaranteed to stick with you."

"We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution."

"Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade."