If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it. Ed Koch More Quotes by Ed Koch More Quotes From Ed Koch I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them. Ed Koch ulcerstypegiving The art of creation is older than the art of killing. Ed Koch killinghistoryart If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist. Ed Koch psychiatristissuesvote [The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd. Ed Koch governmentnew-yorkcountry You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights. Ed Koch rightslove I can explain it to you, but I can't comprehend it for you. Ed Koch i-can I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God. Ed Koch thank-you-godnew-yorkmorning You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. Ed Koch respectselfbelieve I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker. Ed Koch six-monthssaidthinking The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse. Ed Koch educationsuccessgraduation Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific! Ed Koch aquacitiesnew-york If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many. Ed Koch sundaylawrunning I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. Ed Koch bedtimepoliticsfirsts Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart. Ed Koch groupsworldfall ...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they go to the back of the line? and shall those who have made a dramatic illegal entry, who would normally not be entitled to government assistance, or even entry itself, be put at the front? Ed Koch immigrationgovernmentcountry Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage. Ed Koch intellectualteachingsuccess To learn something new every day is still exciting! Ed Koch something-newstillsexciting I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term. Ed Koch statespresidentcommitment There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate. Ed Koch hatenew-yorkcountry Tree killing is arborcide. Ed Koch killingtree
