Michael Bloomberg Quotes

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Central planning didn't work for Stalin or Mao, and it won't work for an entrepreneur either.

Michael Bloomberg
On September 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked "What God do you pray to?" "What beliefs do you hold?"

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

Michael Bloomberg
Is your company so small you have to do everything for yourself? Wait until you're so big that you can't. That's worse.

Michael Bloomberg
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.

Michael Bloomberg
The whole purpose of college is to learn how to deal with difficult situations, not to run away from them. A micro-aggression is exactly that : micro. But in a macro sense, one of the most dangerous places on a college campus is the so-called 'safe space', because it creates a false impression that we can isolate ourselves from those who hold different views. We can't, and we shouldn't try—not in politics or in the workplace. Graduates, in the global economy, and in a democratic society, an open mind is the most valuable asset you can possess.

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

Michael Bloomberg
We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy.

Michael Bloomberg
Any friend of fossil is a friend of mine. … We've got to do everything we can to get people out of their automobiles and into mass transit.

Michael Bloomberg
Most gun dealers follow the law and run honest businesses. But the statistics show that 1 percent of dealers sell more than half of all illegal guns. Why isn't the federal government going after them? Here's one reason: unlike mayors, members of Congress don't get a phone call in the middle of the night when a cop is shot and killed. They don't deliver the eulogies.

Michael Bloomberg
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