I recognize that NDAs, particularly when they are used in the context of sexual harassment and sexual assault, promote a culture of silence in the workplace and contribute to a culture of women not feeling safe or supported, it is imperative that when problems occur, workplaces not only address the specific incidents, but the culture and practices that led to those incidents. And then leaders must act.

Michael Bloomberg

What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.

Michael Bloomberg

honest giving believe

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

business new-york dream

You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.

Michael Bloomberg

entitled opinion facts

I thought Jeb Bush would have made a good president. He was on the board of my foundation. He's very conservative, much too conservative for me.

Michael Bloomberg

foundation boards president

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

Michael Bloomberg

cities new-york spirit

If you want to do something for your children and show how much you love them, the single best thing-by far-is to support organizations that will create a better world for them and their children.

Michael Bloomberg

support organization children

The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company.

Michael Bloomberg

next-day company next

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

cutting believe country

If you think of all the publicity about the terrible tragedy of Virginia Tech, we have a Virginia Tech in this country every day. It's just spread across 50 states.

Michael Bloomberg

virginia country thinking

Design does matter. And not necessarily in a way that people realize. A lot of what you do, people take for granted - that a park has always been here, that a bicycle lane has always been there, that the street is safe or clean.

Michael Bloomberg

design doe people

Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.

Michael Bloomberg

cities air people

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

jobs hands thinking

Despite its potential, the federal government has restricted funding for creating new cell lines - putting the burden of any future research squarely on the shoulders of the private sector. Government's most basic responsibility, however, is the health and welfare of its people, so it has a duty to encourage appropriate scientific investigations that could possibly save the lives of millions.

Michael Bloomberg

cells government responsibility

I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.

Michael Bloomberg

headings heaven

What has changed is that people have stopped working together.

Michael Bloomberg

working-together together people

Most people won't have opportunity to do full-time service, but those lucky enough to have monetary wealth or some spare time really can make an enormous difference. As someone who's now in the public sector, and is seeing up-close-and-personal the real impact of what we do and what we give, I can tell you: every dollar and every volunteer help, in more ways than you can count.

Michael Bloomberg

differences real opportunity

I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.

Michael Bloomberg

nypd army world

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

Michael Bloomberg

accountability focus ideas

My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check to the NAACP. When I asked him why, he said discrimination against anyone is discrimination against us all. And I never forgot that. Indeed, his philanthropy was a gift, not just to that organization, but to me.

Michael Bloomberg

organization writing father

If you are honest with yourself and if you want to like what you see in the mirror, is you have to say what you really believe.

Michael Bloomberg

mirrors want believe