When it comes to public school education, we have been unwilling to measure our results. We've been unwilling to pay based on performance. We have tenure where, even if you can't teach, you can't get fired. We've been unwilling to… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I do not think that anybody should get paid for lousy performance. I've said that for a long time. If you work hard and you do good, you get paid well. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is to create excitement. So people looking at the Bloomberg's office building say, "My goodness, what's going on here?… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
You have to understand, we have better communications and better transportation, so people know what's available elsewhere and can get a message out, and… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
The system [in U.S.] is designed for a two-party system. And those two parties have an interest in keeping third parties out. There's too… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
If you want to do something for your children and show how much you love them, the single best thing-by far-is to support organizations… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
We haven't had a world war in a long time. We do have mass movements of people out of Syria and North Africa. But,… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I think one of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist. That's not true... That would… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets,… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
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