"We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way."

"I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas."

"For me, journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies, to covering issues. It was a continuation of what I tried to do in government."

"A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history."

"Fashion doesn't look good only on models; it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes."

"Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

"The paradox of freedom is that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally."