Michael Bloomberg Quotes

American - Politician | February 14, 1942 -

I know something about how to build constituencies in an independent way.

Michael Bloomberg

KnowBuildIndependentWaySomething

When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.

Michael Bloomberg

SmileLiveTodaySleepPeopleMe

You can't depend on polls.

Michael Bloomberg

YouDependPolls

We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.

Michael Bloomberg

ConfidenceNew YorkShortRemember

This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable; it's not morally right; it's just not going to happen.

Michael Bloomberg

SocietyForwardRichGoGrowingWay

I mean, you know, we don't live in a perfect world.

Michael Bloomberg

LiveWorldYouPerfectKnowMean

Progress really is possible.

Michael Bloomberg

ProgressPossibleReally

Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college.

Michael Bloomberg

SchoolNew YorkChildCollegeStart

There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.

Michael Bloomberg

BusinessDecisionsAmericaResults

I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.

Michael Bloomberg

LieMeNeverQuestionSomebodyThem

I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them.

Michael Bloomberg

ThoughtYouWantAlwaysLawsBooks

Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry.

Michael Bloomberg

GovernmentYouTellWhomMarry

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