"If you ever do that to me again, I'll throw you off this (expletive deleted) balcony."
— Rep. Michael Grimm to a NY1 reporter after an interview at the U.S. Capitol.
"We the people of this state are sick and tired of being had by this moron."
— Civil Service Employees Association president Danny Donohue, referring to Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a rally.
"I said, 'we don't care what your voice sounds like. You're Pete. Your voice soothes us.' "
— Ruth Pelham, founder of the Music Mobile, recalling her response to Pete Seeger's apology for losing his voice in 2002.
"I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress."
— President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address.
"I feel very strongly that we're going to hear good things from Donald Trump... I could be very wrong."
Carl Paladino, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate, on a possible Trump candidacy.
"I thought I was going to die. I could see the headline: 'Nun's body found washed up in Schenectady' or something."
—Sister Anna Tantsits, who watched flooding from second floor of a Middleburgh home.
"You look at this agenda and what we want to do — it's historic." —Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on his proposed budget.