"I don't think we have any time to waste."

"We can either allow our youth to shoot baskets or watch them continue to shoot people."

"As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there."

"I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city."

"The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart."

"Americans are a can-do people, an enthusiastic people, a problem-solving people. And when given a direction and given a plan, they'll sign on."