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
country new-york government
[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.
dog catchers carter
Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
worst-enemy modern-life cuban
We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
something-new exciting stills
To learn something new every day is still exciting!
believe facts death-penalty
Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.
enemy trying coins
There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. It's not the coin of the realm in politics.
people four firsts
The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent.
believe way grass
Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.
president politics bucks
If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
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!
motivational art pain
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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.