Michael Bloomberg Quotes

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Michael Bloomberg

Profession : Politician

Birth : February 14, 1942

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

Michael Bloomberg

What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg

This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable; it's not morally right; it's just not going to happen.

Michael Bloomberg

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.

Michael Bloomberg

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.

Michael Bloomberg

Unemployment in America today is too high. And part of the reason, unfortunately, is that many companies cannot fill the high-skilled jobs increasingly at risk of going overseas.

Michael Bloomberg

Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college.

Michael Bloomberg

There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.

Michael Bloomberg

I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.

Michael Bloomberg

Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry.

Michael Bloomberg

You can't sit there and worry about everything.

Michael Bloomberg

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

Michael Bloomberg

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.

Michael Bloomberg

My father worked all the time.

Michael Bloomberg

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.

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

Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.

Michael Bloomberg

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

Michael Bloomberg

Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. New Yorkers probably know that as much if not more than anybody else after the terrible tragedy of 9/11.

Michael Bloomberg