Michael Bloomberg quotes - page 2

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)
Partisanship may be King in Washington – but the rest of us don't have to pay tribute. View quote
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Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases. View quote
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New York has been, and will continue to be, a magnet for people from all over the world. This is where the arts, business, research and technology converge to create the world's foremost urban economy. View quote
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If it wasn't for O'Flanagan's Pub on Manhattan's Upper East Side, I don't know where I would have spent my Friday nights as a young man. View quote
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Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States. View quote
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One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite. View quote
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I've always wondered if people who block each other from expressing their opinions do so because they have so little confidence in their own. To me, encountering an opposing point of view is a chance to gain a deeper understanding of the issues at stake... and develop my own point of view. But the first thing you've got to do is you've got to let people speak and you've got to listen. And that's what the first amendment is all about. That's what really distinguishes this country from others. View quote
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Working collectively and collaboratively is the difference between mediocrity by yourself...or success as a team. You have to share the pain... and the responsibility... and if you do then you will also share in the rewards. View quote
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Nobody's going to go home for a year and come back. Nobody could ever enforce that. Nobody in their right mind would ever try to do it. View quote
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Our reputation has been hurt very badly in the last few years. We've had a go-it-alone mentality in a world where because of communications and transportation, you should be going exactly in the other direction. (Michael Bloomberg)
We're not going to deport 12 million people, so let's stop this fiction. View quote
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On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked, 'What God do you pray to?' What beliefs do you hold?' View quote
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We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city. View quote
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Despite the potential to lead us to new cures, 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. The consequences of this decision have not only driven thousands of scientists overseas in search of more money and greater opportunity – but also put the brakes on the march of medicine. I've always wondered how these legislators would act if their health – or their children's health – was on the line and stem cell research might lead to a cure. View quote
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I was elected to be independent. I was elected because I owed no political debts. I was elected to "do the job,” and not to spend my first four years in office campaigning. I've kept that promise -- and that's why we face the future with renewed optimism. View quote
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It boggles the mind that nearly two centuries after Darwin, and 80 years after John Scopes was put on trial, this country is still debating the validity of evolution. View quote
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On his performance in college: "I was the one of those students who made the top half of the class possible." View quote
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Too often, failing government agencies get bigger budgets, while successful agencies have their budgets cut – because government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they're screaming about. In business, it's exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most successful departments, and less in those that aren't performing. View quote
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Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities. View quote
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If they don't act, we will. Shame on them but we cannot sit around and watch our environment deteriorate and put this world in jeopardy. We are willing to stand up, we think it is one of the seminal issues of our time. (Michael Bloomberg)
Today, we are seeing hundreds of years of scientific discovery being challenged by people who simply disregard facts that don't happen to agree with their agendas. Some call it "pseudo-science," others call it "faith-based science," but when you notice where this negligence tends to take place, you might as well call it "political science." View quote
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I believe we can turn around our country's current, wrong-headed course, if we start basing our actions on ideas, shared values, and a commitment to solve problems without regard for party. View quote
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Although my plans for the future haven't changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our city. View quote
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If you want to get the best people to run for office, we've got to make the rules easier, and simpler, and more understandable to get on the ballot. View quote
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