Bill de Blasio famous quotes

03-23-2025

If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner, then we can certainly have a garden.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Garden #Fast Food #Fast Food Restaurants
At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.
-- Bill de Blasio

#People #Lost #Mayors
Everything you heard about me is true.Â .Â .Â .Â I am not a free marketer.Â .Â .Â .Â I believe in the heavy hand of government.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Believe #Government #Hands
My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Inspiration #Names #Wife
I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Thinking #Ideas #Doe
While this has been a private part of my family's life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Father #Cancer #Media
I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Baseball #Fans #Obsessed
My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Mother #Parent #Sides
I haven't smoked ***** since I was at NYU,
-- Bill de Blasio

#Marijuana #Nyu
We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success; we do it to create more successÂ stories.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Stories #Wealthy
NY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries
-- Bill de Blasio

#Cities #Generations #Visionaries
I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of opportunity, at the same time it's a very difficult place to build a small business.
-- Bill de Blasio

#New York #Struggle #Opportunity
I think Bloomberg's broad vision of the environment in New York City is something I agree with. I broadly stand with his vision for how to deal with climate change and prepare for future weather events.
-- Bill de Blasio

#New York #Thinking #Cities
There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Strong #People #Listening
I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.
-- Bill de Blasio

#People #Desire #Activist
I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Thinking #Economic #Policy
Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.
-- Bill de Blasio

#School #College #Would Be
I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Player #Who I Am #Names
I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Unions #Positive Relationship #Respectful
My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
-- Bill de Blasio

#My Family #Public Service #Personal Life
There are families of every kind. I think a lot of people are struggling to make sense of their identity in a very complicated world.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Struggle #Thinking #People
I have a bold plan to break from the Bloomberg years, and end the 'Tale of Two Cities' by providing real opportunity to all New Yorkers, no matter where they live.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Real #Opportunity #Years
I didnt set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office.
-- Bill de Blasio

#Running #Office #Progressive

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