"Graft and greed are intolerable in Albany, and we will go to trial as often as we have to until government in New York is cleaned up."
—U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on the bribery conviction of Assemblyman Eric Stevens, D-Bronx.
"It puts an end to shutdown, slowdown, slamdown politics."
—Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., on Congress' $1.1 trillion budget deal.
"We're strapped. The comptroller knows it, the state knows it and now the whole world knows it, but no one will help us do anything about it."
—Watervliet schools Superintendent Lori Caplan, on findings that her district is the most financially stressed in the state.
"It's like, how long can you tread water before you feel like you are sinking?"
—Don Levy, director of the Siena Research Institute, on a poll showing consumers are pessimistic about the future as wages stagnate and costs rise.
"Got it."
—Wildstein, in reply to Kelly's memo, a few weeks before he closed two of the three lanes of traffic connecting Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge.
"I am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team."
— Gov. Chris Christie
