Michael Bloomberg Quotes

We're America, and we have to stop worrying about what happens overseas, and to be optimistic, even though nobody should think we're not going to have some difficult times.

I think both of them [Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders] have [chances] because they are not the establishment, not for who they are.

I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.

You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.

The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.

I think [Winston] Churchill said it was " [democracy] the worst of all systems except for all the others." And that's probably true. It's never gone easily.

Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.

By speeding the transition to cleaner energy, we can improve the lives of billions of people, while also reducing the risks we face from a changing climate.

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 By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.

We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy.

I think one of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist. That's not true... That would let the terrorists win. That's what they want us to do.

The press really is not doing its job of holding their [the candidates'] feet to the fire. ... The tough questions are not what are you in favor of, but how are you going to get it through Congress?

Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.

The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.

If people are not smoking, they'll probably be drinking more.

Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.

If I remember, Russia, 20 or 30 years ago, you'd get shot trying to leave. Today, Russian tourists are all over the world. You have Russian oligarchs with big yachts all over the world.

I'm trying to change the culture in New York City; that's hard enough!

We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring.

Government is dysfunctional.

People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.

Jeb Bush is very good on immigration, he's very good on education. He's a smart guy.

Nobody's going to go home for a year and come back. Nobody could ever enforce that. Nobody in their right mind would ever try to do it.

If it wasn't for O'Flanagan's Pub on Manhattan's Upper East Side, I don't know where I would have spent my Friday nights as a young man.

We're [New York] the world's second home, the place where every religion is practiced and every culture is celebrated.

There are lots of threats to you in the world. There's the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can't sit there and worry about everything. Get a life.

There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.

Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States.

I think that all money can do is to get your message out. Unfortunately, we live in a world where you have to use mass media to communicate with the people, and it just costs an awful lot of money.

I'm worried about the world because there's chaos in the Middle East, and I think the Iranian deal [to lift sanctions] is going to continue the Shia-Sunni battles, the Persian-Arab battles.

I'm worried about the world because of nuclear proliferation.

I'd be happy to provide advice if anybody asked me no matter who the President is.

One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite.

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.

I'm not going to talk about supporting somebody for a long time. I don't know who the two party candidates are going to be.

I think that most of the candidates [for presidency] can't run the railroad, and I still worry that whoever gets elected will have policies designed for political rather than practical reasons.

You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor.

We're paying more for the privilege of getting sick and dying early. Once again, it makes no sense. And once again, no one in Washington is talking about how to fix it.

China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets.

You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen.

You can bet - a good chance of Hillary [Clinton], a good chance of [Donald] Trump - but not 100% in either case.

You've got to give people a fair chance of saying what they believe, and then you've got to decide, "Do you believe 'em?"

It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.

I've been a Democrat, I've been a Republican, and I eventually became an independent because I don't believe either party has a monopoly on good ideas or strong leadership.