Michael Bloomberg: Trending quotes (page 3)

“What you’ve got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don’t wuss out.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://ww.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=commencement2007&p4=4
Honesty

“I was elected to be independent. I was elected because I owed no political debts. I was elected to “do the job,” and not to spend my first four years in office campaigning. I’ve kept that promise -- and that’s why we face the future with renewed optimism.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://www.gothamgazette.com/searchlight/2004.state.of.city.bloomberg.shtml
Why He Was Elected Mayor

Optimism , Future

“It boggles the mind that nearly two centuries after Darwin, and 80 years after John Scopes was put on trial, this country is still debating the validity of evolution.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://www.nysun.com/article/33432
Faith Based Science

Country

“Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://mikebloomberg.com/en/issues/reducing_poverty/mayor_bloomberg_addresses_the_brookings_center_on_children_and_families_briefing_on_the_census_povert
Poverty

“If it wasn't for O'Flanagan's Pub on Manhattan's Upper East Side, I don't know where I would have spent my Friday nights as a young man.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2006b%2Fpr301-06.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
New York City

Night

“Despite its potential, the federal government has restricted funding for creating new cell lines – putting the burden of any future research squarely on the shoulders of the private sector. Government’s most basic responsibility, however, is the health and welfare of its people, so it has a duty to encourage appropriate scientific investigations that could possibly save the lives of millions.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://www.mikebloomberg.com/en/news/mayor_michael_bloombergs_address_to_graduates_of_johns_hopkins_university_school_of_medicine
Stem Cell Research

People , Health , Future

“On his performance in college: "I was the one of those students who made the top half of the class possible."”

Michael Bloomberg

http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=commencement2007&p4=4
Education

“Too often, failing government agencies get bigger budgets, while successful agencies have their budgets cut – because government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they’re screaming about. In business, it’s exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most successful departments, and less in those that aren’t performing.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://mikebloomberg.com/en/issues/public_health/mayor_bloomberg_delivers_opening_address_at_ceasefire_bridging_the_political_divide_conference
Running a Business vs. Running a City

Business , Success

“I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2006b%2Fpr301-06.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
Illegal Immigration

Law , Sense

“We're the world's second home, the place where every religion is practiced and every culture is celebrated.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46503-2004Aug30.html
New York City

World , Religion , Home

“Working collectively and collaboratively is the difference between mediocrity by yourself…or success as a team. You have to share the pain… and the responsibility… and if you do then you will also share in the rewards.”

Michael Bloomberg

Speech at Tufts University http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=commencement2007&p4=4
2007

Pain , Success

“Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States.”

Michael Bloomberg

http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/crucialdates/
Presidential Prospects