Ed Koch Quotes

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 I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them.

Ed Koch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 12, 1924 - February 1, 2013

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RespectCityUncomfortableYouKnow

We sang a lot of church music. We were very active Baptists. Supposedly, I started singing when I was being given a bath - at 14 months or something like that. My mother and dad both swore that was true, but I'm sure it wasn't very good... We always had the Metropolitan Opera on the radio on Saturday afternoons.

Jim Foglesong

GoodMotherMusicSingingChurch

I like to change people's sense of what's possible.

Jim Yong Kim

ChangePeoplePossibleSenseLike

The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford.

John Aubrey

JourneySilverSomeOxfordTakes

I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment.

John D'Agata

MomentDataNeverNonfictionIdea

Karen is like RuPaul - she's a character. It never occurred to me until now, but she is!

Megan Mullally

CharacterMeNowNeverSheLike

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

Tom Watson

IntegrityLookingGameEgoGolfYou

I won't eat offal. Once, I was in London at the Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, which is this really fancy eating establishment and hotel, and I almost got conned into eating testicles. It was one of the most delicious meals I've ever eaten, about twelve courses. That was one of the courses.

Lucy Punch

EatingHotelLondonEatFancyMeals

Had 'Bridesmaids' not ended up being so amazing and successful, we would never have been able to make 'Bachelorette.' So we are in awe of 'Bridesmaids' and totally owe them so much.

Lizzy Caplan

AmazingNeverAweUpSuccessful

The true test of a relationship is traveling together.

Julia Stiles

RelationshipTogetherTestTrue

Fundamentalists are crazy. They're the real world equivalent to the evil geniuses of our spy fiction and our superhero comics. They want to mold the world into a specific shape that they really believe in, and if you don't believe in that, if you can't relate to that, it just seems crazy.

Christopher McCulloch

CrazyEvilWorldBelieveYouWant

I was a grunt, walking around in the jungle of Vietnam, trying not to find the enemy. Because I am so big, they were going to give me either a heavy radio or a huge machine gun to carry. I carried a radio.

Bob Gunton

I AmMeGunWalkingTryingFind

People don't realize that lighting can change the whole look of a place and the feel.

Bobby Berk

ChangePeopleFeelLookPlaceWhole

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