Best Ed Koch Sayings
- Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the… All
- God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets. Gave
- Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life. Ever Lived
- I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. Discuss
- I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever. Forever
- I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did. Doubted
- I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so… Been
- I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx. Boy
- Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends! Bends
- 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… Art
- Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going… Afghanistan
- If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many… Ask
- 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… Albany
- Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way.… Always Thought
- The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be… Became
- There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't… Coin
- When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after… Bankruptcy
- When all are wrong, everyone is right. All
- The Republicans are coming - make nice. Coming
- I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of… Among
- You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you? Me
- I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew… Afraid
- To learn something new every day is still exciting! Day