Ed Koch
Ed Koch
Edward Irving "Ed" Kochwas an American lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic and reality television arbitrator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1990...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 December 1924
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
running sunday years
If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many.
manhattan
Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
new-york aqua cities
Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!
politics firsts bedtime
I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
success graduation education
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
love rights
You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
issues vote psychiatrist
If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.
thinking six-months said
I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.
art killing creation
The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
giving ulcers type
I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
except history improve listen nobody
If you listen to Giuliani, it's like nobody did anything to improve the city except him. I'm not part of the history. Bloomberg's not part of the history. It's like, he did it. He's the only one. That's why he's a little crazy.
body difference good pass three
My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.
great ought
I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride.
coming decided god numbers people throw tired
People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.'