Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in the back corner of the room, ducking responsibility and hoping no one notices. Michael Bloomberg More Quotes by Michael Bloomberg More Quotes From Michael Bloomberg What I'm trying to do is to create excitement. So people looking at the Bloomberg's office building say, "My goodness, what's going on here? There's something different about this company." You want the employees to get psyched. And it's a chance to meet each other. My job is to get people to work together. With free food and no offices, even for Bloomberg, this might be considered one of the world's great corporate headquarters. Michael Bloomberg office working-together people I like the theater, dining and chasing women. Let me put it this way: I am a single, straight billionaire in Manhattan. It's like a wet dream. Michael Bloomberg dining power dream Nobody should ever mistake and think that our country [USA] is weakened, or that authority is diffuse and unspecified, and that we are vulnerable. Michael Bloomberg mistake country thinking Nobody wants a job where they don't have authority to go along with the responsibility. Quite the contrary. The more authority you give people, the better people you can attract, and the harder they're going to work, and the more loyal they are going to be. Michael Bloomberg responsibility jobs people 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 new-york dream believe America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did. Michael Bloomberg done america people 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 cities dream native-american You can't depend on polls. Michael Bloomberg polls depends I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom. Michael Bloomberg freedom should thinking Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved. Michael Bloomberg done inspiration jobs You bet I did and I enjoyed it. Michael Bloomberg cannabis marijuana weed If you want to know how to solve society's problems, you start out with better public education. Michael Bloomberg public-education problem want In business, when you fail at something, when something doesn't work, you say okay, we've learned that that's not a path to go down. Michael Bloomberg okay failing path There will be ups, there will be downs, there will be sideways. I can just tell you I have been hired, I have been fired, I have been lauded, I have been vilified. I've said some of the most brilliant things that just by accident appeared on my tongue, and I've said some of the dumbest things that you could imagine. But each day - even the day that I knew I was going to be fired - I looked forward to because I've always believed that tomorrow was going to be the best day of my life. Michael Bloomberg tongue tomorrow each-day I like what I see when I look in the mirror. If I get sentimental, I look and say, "Uh. It's a bad day. They beat up on me," this, that, and the other thing. But ya know? We've spent one billion trying to convince people to not smoke. It's been phenomenally successful. We've probably saved millions of lives. There aren't many people that have done that. So, you know, when I get to heaven, I'm not sure I'm gonna stand for an interview. I'm going right in. Michael Bloomberg bad-day successful people Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis. Michael Bloomberg spending republican cutting I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them. Michael Bloomberg law want book 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 economic entitlement cutting Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? Michael Bloomberg government house thinking We will go forward... we will never go back. Michael Bloomberg
