--- title: "19 Should Quotes By Michael Bloomberg" description: "19 Should quotes by Michael Bloomberg. Plus more from Michael Bloomberg and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/michael-bloomberg-1293_confidence_we-should-remember-it-wasn-t-so-long-ago_1573704.png" --- > [We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-should-remember-it-wasn-t-so-long-ago-that-confidence-in-new-york/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/michael-bloomberg-1293_confidence_we-should-remember-it-wasn-t-so-long-ago_1573704.png) > [I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/i-don-t-know-why-you-should-be-proud-of-something-it-doesn-t-make-you/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/michael-bloomberg-1293_be-proud_i-don-t-know-why-you-should-be-proud-of_2197986.png) > [We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-all-must-recognize-that-homeland-security-funds-should-be/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/michael-bloomberg-1293_cybersecurity_we-all-must-recognize-that-homeland-secu_150875.png) > [What we shouldn't do is let people who want to come here make the decision themselves. America should be in control of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/what-we-shouldn-t-do-is-let-people-who-want-to-come-here-make-the/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/michael-bloomberg-1293_america_what-we-shouldn-t-do-is-let-people-who-w_1858331.jpg) > [Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/government-should-not-tell-you-what-to-do-unless-there-s-a-compelling/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/michael-bloomberg-1293_compelling_government-should-not-tell-you-what-to-d_714844.png) > [I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/i-do-think-there-are-certain-times-we-should-infringe-on-your-freedom/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/michael-bloomberg-1293_certain_i-do-think-there-are-certain-times-we-sh_1897554.png) > [We're America, and we have to stop worrying about what happens overseas, and to be optimistic, even though nobody should think we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-re-america-and-we-have-to-stop-worrying-about-what-happens/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/michael-bloomberg-1293_america_we-re-america-and-we-have-to-stop-worryi_727269.png) > [I do not think that anybody should get paid for lousy performance. I've said that for a long time. If you work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/i-do-not-think-that-anybody-should-get-paid-for-lousy-performance-i/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/michael-bloomberg-1293_hard_i-do-not-think-that-anybody-should-get-p_1111230.png) > [ Nobody should ever mistake and think that our country \[USA\] is weakened, or that authority is diffuse and unspecified, and that we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/nobody-should-ever-mistake-and-think-that-our-country-usa-is-weakened/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/michael-bloomberg-1293_authority_nobody-should-ever-mistake-and-think-tha_3032417.png) > [I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/i-ve-always-thought-if-we-don-t-want-to-enforce-laws-on-the-books-we/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/michael-bloomberg-1293_book_i-ve-always-thought-if-we-don-t-want-to_1276830.png) > [We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-would-betray-our-values-and-play-into-our-enemies-hands-if-we-were/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/michael-bloomberg-1293_betray_we-would-betray-our-values-and-play-into_742340.png) > [You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/you-re-going-to-see-a-million-people-here-who-have-the-courage-to/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/michael-bloomberg-1293_courage_you-re-going-to-see-a-million-people-her_441029.png) > [Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/whatever-you-may-think-of-the-proposed-mosque-and-community-center/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/michael-bloomberg-1293_citizens_whatever-you-may-think-of-the-proposed-m_1207252.png) > [Organizing around a common interest is a fundamental part of democracy. We should no more try to take away the right of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/organizing-around-a-common-interest-is-a-fundamental-part-of/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/michael-bloomberg-1293_ballot_organizing-around-a-common-interest-is-a_995846.jpg) > [We need people from all around the world. We need entrepreneurs, we need students that we're educating in our schools that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-need-people-from-all-around-the-world-we-need-entrepreneurs-we/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/michael-bloomberg-1293_around-the-world_we-need-people-from-all-around-the-world_2629677.png) > [Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/our-climate-is-changing-and-while-the-increase-in-extreme-weather-we/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/michael-bloomberg-1293_action_our-climate-is-changing-and-while-the-in_795916.png) > [We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-all-know-that-election-reform-takes-time-that-s-because-those-who/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/michael-bloomberg-1293_believe_we-all-know-that-election-reform-takes-t_1505426.jpg) > [I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/i-will-say-that-walking-down-the-street-getting-on-the-subway-taking/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/michael-bloomberg-1293_adventure_i-will-say-that-walking-down-the-street_1945177.png) > [Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/now-you-might-say-but-why-should-we-pay-people-for-doing-what-they-re/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/michael-bloomberg-1293_built_now-you-might-say-but-why-should-we-pay_19189.png) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Michael Bloomberg > [I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/i-m-not-going-to-run-for-president-no-way-no-how/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/now-you-might-say-but-why-should-we-pay-people-for-doing-what-they-re/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [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?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/what-i-m-trying-to-do-is-to-create-excitement-so-people-looking-at/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/you-have-to-understand-we-have-better-communications-and-better/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/the-system-in-u-s-is-designed-for-a-two-party-system-and-those-two/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/if-you-want-to-do-something-for-your-children-and-show-how-much-you/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-haven-t-had-a-world-war-in-a-long-time-we-do-have-mass-movements/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/i-think-one-of-the-great-dangers-here-is-going-and-categorizing/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/stubborn-isn-t-a-word-i-would-use-to-describe-myself-pigheaded-is/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/many-of-america-s-and-new-york-s-sons-and-daughters-are-around-the/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/if-you-really-believe-that-you-re-making-a-difference-and-that-you/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/the-next-day-after-i-got-fired-literally-the-next-day-i-started-a-new/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-all-must-recognize-that-homeland-security-funds-should-be/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [In New York City, a lot of people think "the great outdoors" is the area between your front door and a taxi cab.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/in-new-york-city-a-lot-of-people-think-the-great-outdoors-is-the-area/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) > [Is your company so small you have to do everything for yourself? Wait until you're so big that you can't. That's worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/is-your-company-so-small-you-have-to-do-everything-for-yourself-wait/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/michael-bloomberg/#itemlist", "name": "19 Should Quotes By Michael Bloomberg", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Bloomberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-should-remember-it-wasn-t-so-long-ago-that-confidence-in-new-york/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/michael-bloomberg-1293_confidence_we-should-remember-it-wasn-t-so-long-ago_1573704.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/michael-bloomberg-1293_confidence_we-should-remember-it-wasn-t-so-long-ago_1573704.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/michael-bloomberg-1293_confidence_we-should-remember-it-wasn-t-so-long-ago_1573704.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.” — Michael Bloomberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know why you should be proud of something. 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