Ed Koch quotes

You don't have to be born in New York City to be a New Yorker. You have to live here for six months. And if at the end of the six months you walk faster, you talk faster, you think faster, you're a New Yorker. (Ed Koch)
It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.
Ed Koch
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
Ed Koch
If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the Governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me, 90 cents.
Ed Koch
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
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
The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.
Ed Koch
Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!
Ed Koch
The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
Ed Koch
In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
Ed Koch
I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them. (Ed Koch)
It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.
Ed Koch
If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
Ed Koch
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
Ed Koch
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
If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
Ed Koch
The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.
Ed Koch
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
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
Ed Koch
In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.
Ed Koch
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. (Ed Koch)
If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end.
Ed Koch
Tone can be as important as text.
Ed Koch
The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
Ed Koch
You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
Ed Koch