Mayor Quotes · Page 4

It's my favorite place in the world. I want to live there. I want to be the mayor of Skokie.

— Esther Povitsky

Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me 'Mayor Pete.'

— Pete Buttigieg

I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.

— Anthony Foxx

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor.

— Martin O'Malley

I tell you very openly: it's much easier to be the heavyweight champion of the world than to be the mayor of…

— Vitali Klitschko

When I became mayor, the city was in tough financial straits.

— Ken Boshcoff

As the mayor of London, my highest priority is keeping Londoners and visitors to our city safe from harm.

— Sadiq Khan

The London assembly's job is to scrutinise the mayor of London.

— James Cleverly

We cannot have a mayor who does not support pension reform. We cannot have a mayor who will not support managed competition…

— Kevin Faulconer

I've been a candidate for office at least eight times. A couple times for mayor, state representative, city council.

— Sixto Rodriguez

You can bring people together around the issue of economic fairness. I don't want to be a mayor that goes into one…

— Sal Albanese

“We declare you the new mayor!" declares the crowd. what about the old mayor?" I'll ask. I'm not the one with the…

— Bob Shea

As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and…

— Gavin Newsom

“If the infeckshun from the band takes Viola," I say, "you'll beg me to kill you after what I'll do to you."…

— Patrick Ness

San Francisco needs a Mayor who will make all our neighborhoods safe, a Mayor with a record of standing up for public…

— London Breed

As mayor of Anchorage, with 43 percent of the state's population, we have worked on a variety of projects from road projects…

— Mark Begich

“The Mayor’s wrong— He’s wrong forever and ever— It’s not that you should never love something so much it can control you.…

— Patrick

Creating a city for successful aging involves incorporating age friendly values into everything we do - every plan, every project, every design.…

— Kirk Caldwell

As Mayor, I have a responsibility to ensure city government is making life better for all Angelenos, especially those whose past hard…

— Eric Garcetti

Blacks commit murder eight times more per capita than any other group in our society. If I had put all of my…

— Rudy Giuliani

Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this…

— Sarah Palin

“Mayor Bilandic had lost the ’79 election not because he failed to clean up the snow after those storms, but because he…

— Daryl Gregory

The opposition tried to brand us as the 'Ground Zero megamosque.' The language was deliberately wordsmithed in order to arouse hostility against…

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

The reality is even if you are a hands-on Mayor or Governor or chief executive, at best, you must know about 10…

— Rudy Giuliani

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

— Sarah Palin

You may say I may be unfit to be mayor. But you can never say I'm an unfit mayor,

— Rahm Emanuel

“Well...I would make an awesome mayor. I'm very photogenic.”

— Rachel Caine

Don't run for mayor if you don't want to basically be working all the time.

— Eric Garcetti

My top priority if elected mayor is matching Portland with economic opportunity.

— Ted Wheeler

If you're mayor, it's your duty to support all the groups within the city.

— Lauren Ash

If there was a place called Cynic, I would be its mayor, its MP and have keys to the town.

— Simon Jordan

I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be?

— Jeffrey Archer

As mayor, you have to make a decision quickly and it affects people instantly, almost.

— Marty Walsh

I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.

— Dick Murphy

Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor?" She smiles. "He doesn't stand a chance.

— Patrick Ness

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

— Boris Johnson

Portland needs a mayor who is going to take on the significant issues this city is facing.

— Ted Wheeler

I'm not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn't a mayor.

— Ed Koch

As mayor in an executive position, I have to dress more like an executive, which has been delightful.

— Betsy Hodges

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

— John Hickenlooper