You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor. Michael Bloomberg More Quotes by Michael Bloomberg More Quotes From Michael Bloomberg We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city. Michael Bloomberg costhealthcities There are lots of threats to you in the world. There's the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can't sit there and worry about everything. Get a life. Michael Bloomberg worryheartworld In 1975, Congress passed a law requiring fuel efficiency standards to double over 10 years, with incremental targets that auto manufacturers were required to meet. That was the responsible approach, and it worked. But since 1985, we've done nothing - even as technology has moved at light speed. Michael Bloomberg technologylightyears We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy. Michael Bloomberg common-senseenergythinking If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. Michael Bloomberg governmentcitiespresident Is your company so small you have to do everything for yourself? Wait until you're so big that you can't. That's worse. Michael Bloomberg growthbigswaiting One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite. Michael Bloomberg dogoppositesworld The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United States. Michael Bloomberg united-statesmeanpeople Central planning didn't work for Stalin or Mao, and it won't work for an entrepreneur either. Michael Bloomberg maoplanningentrepreneur The public is upset. If they haven't lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven't lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When something's wrong, it's government's job to fix it, it must be government that's responsible for causing it. Michael Bloomberg governmenthousejobs I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles. Michael Bloomberg funny-graduationindependentprinciples Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose. Michael Bloomberg governmentpurposeshould 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 new-yorkamericapeople I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom's annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have. Michael Bloomberg armynew-yorkdoe Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States. Michael Bloomberg united-statesstatespresident These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run. Michael Bloomberg new-yorkrunningcountry Five years have come, and five years have gone, and still we stand together as one. We come back to this place to remember the heartbreaking anniversary - and each person who died here - those known and unknown to us, whose absence is always with us. Michael Bloomberg september-11heartyears Throughout our history each and every generation has expanded upon the freedoms won by their parents and grandparents. Each and every generation has removed some of the barriers to full participation in the American dream. And the next great barrier standing before our generation is the prohibition on marriage for same-sex couples Michael Bloomberg coupledreamsex Others may doubt us. They may criticize us. They may try to deny us what is rightfully ours. But they will fail. And I promise you, as long as I am mayor, I will never back away from fighting any opponent - or confronting any obstacle - that would prevent our people from achieving all of their dreams in Our New York. Michael Bloomberg fightingnew-yorkdream Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need. Michael Bloomberg speak-englishskillslaw
