Michael Bloomberg Quotes

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.
Michael Bloomberg

Yourself, Place, Dream

And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government.
Michael Bloomberg

Family, Government, Help

Every one of my positions cuts - out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I believe in Darwin.
Michael Bloomberg

Country, Against, Rights

No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.
Michael Bloomberg

Experience, Place, American

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.
Michael Bloomberg

Government, Business, End

We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.
Michael Bloomberg

Love, Yourself, Liberty

I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.
Michael Bloomberg

Great, Government, Greatest

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.
Michael Bloomberg

Decisions, Stand, Criticism

Government is dysfunctional.
Michael Bloomberg

The public is mad, frustrated, but what the public wants is progress.
Michael Bloomberg

Mad, Progress, Public

I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy.
Michael Bloomberg

If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.
Michael Bloomberg

Money, Fight, Down

I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.
Michael Bloomberg

Time, Good, Government

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked, 'What God do you pray to?' What beliefs do you hold?'
Michael Bloomberg

God, Lives, Alive

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.
Michael Bloomberg

Work, Politics, Good

And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't spend it, they invest it. And investing it is another way of creating jobs. It puts money into mutual funds or other kinds of banks that can go out and make loans, and we need to do that.
Michael Bloomberg

Money, Put, Another

And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked, and I'm sorry about that, but I keep trying.' And I'm - and I think the president is a very viable candidate, and you're going to have a real horse race here no matter who the Republican nominee is.
Michael Bloomberg

Sorry, Real, Done

Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside six percent. We educate the doctors, and then don't give 'em a green card.
Michael Bloomberg

Give, Country, Needs

It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.
Michael Bloomberg

Fun, Empty, Protest

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.
Michael Bloomberg

Power, Control, Nobody

People use so much more health care when they live longer.
Michael Bloomberg

Health, Live, Care

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.
Michael Bloomberg

Reality, Balance, Cold

The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.
Michael Bloomberg

Best, Special, Said

This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.
Michael Bloomberg

Dreams, Time, Greatest

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.
Michael Bloomberg

Down, Path, Advice

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 14, 1942

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