Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends! Ed Koch More Quotes by Ed Koch More Quotes From Ed Koch Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry. Ed Koch rewritingfeel-goodpeople Tone can be as important as text. Ed Koch toneimportant It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized. Ed Koch criticsfun I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did. Ed Koch doubtedmayorswould-be I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever. Ed Koch mayorswantforever I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. Ed Koch social-lifesocial We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God. Ed Koch legislaturemomentshands I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. Ed Koch twelvebornage In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound. Ed Koch cleaningsocietyneighborhood I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I'm proud of what I've done. Ed Koch prouddoneyears No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that. Ed Koch homosexualwantmean The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again. Ed Koch knivesnew-yorklaw Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life. Ed Koch suburbs If you turn your back on these people, you yourself are an animal. You may be a well-dressed animal, but you are nevertheless an animal. Ed Koch mayanimalpeople I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did. Ed Koch armyhomethinking I happen to believe that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. It’s whatever God made you. It happens that I’m heterosexual, but I don’t care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don’t have the ability to protect their rights. Ed Koch carerightsbelieve The most guileful amongst the reporters are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion. Ed Koch media-trainingsupportivefriendly I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns. Ed Koch gunshould-havebelieve I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism. Ed Koch presidentviewswar Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against. Ed Koch boresrunninglooks
