City Quote by Bill de Blasio

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and…

— Matt Gonzalez

Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.

— Michael Nutter

There's no question that I have always wanted to be mayor. I know I am strategically not supposed to be saying that, but I…

— Angela Alioto

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

— Christine Quinn

I strongly believe being mayor is the public post in which you have the greatest opportunity to change peoples' lives for the better. People…

— Eduardo Paes

In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to find what's…

— Richard M. Daley

I don’t look at myself as the mayor, I look at myself as just a normal, regular person.

— Rob Ford

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the…

— Anthony A. Williams

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

— Dick Murphy

When you look at a mayor, Americans see mayors favorably. We are at the front line of what Americans are dealing with every day.

— Wayne Messam

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

— Michael J. Fox

Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.

— DeRay Mckesson