I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.

Government is dysfunctional.

You know, if it's a three-way race, the public has more choice than if it's a two-way race, and has more choice in a two-way race than a one-way race.

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

I'd be happy to provide advice if anybody asked me no matter who the President is.

What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?

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

You can't depend on polls.

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

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

Progress really is possible.

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.

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

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

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.

Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry.

You can't sit there and worry about everything.

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.

My father worked all the time.

There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.

The level of analysis that is done when you see laws created, whether it's the city or state or federal level - it's much more horse-trading than analysis.

Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.