Mayors Quotes · Page 2

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.

— Anonymous

Mayors are known to be problem-solvers.

— Wayne Messam

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

— Harold Washington

At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.

— Bill de Blasio

I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the…

— Rudy Giuliani

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

— Jane Byrne

Mayors, I think, tend to be more no-nonsense, and you look for economic opportunities for your communities.

— Lois Frankel

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

— Gillian Jacobs

Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on.

— Anthony Weiner

Mayors are accountable in the way a council is not. Who can name their local councillor?

— Steve Hilton

Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of…

— Jane Byrne

When I'm looking for hot button answers to tough questions, I don't look to congressman or my mayor. I say, 'What would…

— Dane Cook

I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans]. I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and…

— Brad Pitt

The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite…

— Joe Lhota

We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as…

— Amy Jackson

In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.

— Conan O'Brien

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will…

— Emir Kusturica

The creation of regional mayors has done little to reduce the sense that all power is concentrated in Westminster, and all investment…

— Caroline Lucas

We have had this happen in the past, right in Colombia: there were amnesties for everybody, guerrilla members were elected mayors, senators.…

— Juan Manuel Santos

I can be the mayor; I can do it right now. I can go in there right now and put things together.…

— Kwame Kilpatrick

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer.…

— Robert Hormats

I am the mayor of Boston, I am a Democrat. But, I am not the mayor of Democratic people in Boston. I…

— Marty Walsh

Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into…

— Steven Saylor

We’re not about picking a mayor. We’re about making a mayor, making the winner. And that’s what we’re gonna do…. I talk…

— Michael Mulgrew

I had an amazing advantage: a grandmother [Polly Noonan, an influential confidante of the mayor of Albany] who loved politics. She taught…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

I don't think there has been any mayor in America scrutinized that way. I don't think there has been any mayor as…

— Kwame Kilpatrick

When I was sworn in as Mayor of Nashville back in 1991, I have to admit to you that I felt for…

— Phil Bredesen

Two-thirds of the Iranian people would like to be reconciled with the West. They don't like the fanaticism of the governing religious…

— William J. Clinton

New York is a glamorous city, constituted mostly of nobodies. They crave the lights, and if they tell you differently, they're lying.…

— Charlie LeDuff

Or I could see Fish, Just a button up, Like a Mayor, Like a President, Just demands so much from his teammates,…

— Kevin Durant

I've been mayor so I believe there is something else for me. I don't know what that is yet, but I definitely…

— Kwame Kilpatrick

Anyone who is elected mayor of a place called "Sin City" is allowed to be a drunk.

— Bill Maher

I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.

— Arthur Scargill

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

— Ken Boshcoff

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

I am the only candidate for mayor of London with the experience of being a transport minister.

— Sadiq Khan

Mayors, city council members, and legislators come and go, but neighborhoods don't go anywhere.

— Rashida Tlaib

Mayors in any city are pretty non-partisan people where it's problem solvers.

— Eric Garcetti

Being mayor of New York was a crisis a week and an emergency every other day.

— Rudy Giuliani