The 80+ Ed Koch Quotes

If I Traveled To The End Of The Rainbow As Dame Fortune Did Intend, Murphy Would Be There To Tell Me The Pot's At The Other End.

There's Enormous Energy Required To Carry Grudges - Enormous Energy! And I'm Getting Too Old To Expend My Energy That Way, Cause I Think Every Person Has A Limited Amount Of Energy. So I Have Given Up All Grudges.

I Have A Social Life. But I Don't Discuss It.

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.

Have You Ever Lived In The Suburbs? It's Sterile. It's Nothing. It's Wasting Your Life, And People Do Not Wish To Waste Their Lives Once They've Seen New York! This Rural American Thing - I'm Telling You, It's A Joke.

I Never Doubted That I Would Be A Good Mayor. I Never Did.

Maybe He Just Looks Good Compared To The Bores He's Running Against.

If You Turn Your Back On These People, You Yourself Are An Animal. You May Be A Well-dressed Animal, But You Are Nevertheless An Animal.

I Was Drafted Into The Army When I Was 19 And Came Out At Age 22. Most People That I Knew Didn't Think They'd Come Home Alive. I Didn't Think I Would Either, So I Was Happy When I Did.

I'm Coming To The End Of My Life. I Do Reflect On What I've Done For The 85 Years That I Have Been Given So Far. And I'm Proud Of What I've Done.

I Happen To Believe That There Is Nothing Wrong With Homosexuality. It’s Whatever God Made You. It Happens That I’m Heterosexual, But I Don’t Care About That. I Do Care About Protecting The Rights Of 10 Percent Of Our Population Who Are Homosexual And Who Don’t Have The Ability To Protect Their Rights.

I'm Just A Simple Jewish Boy From The Bronx.