Bill de Blasio Quotes

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

We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn't new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are.

I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.

Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand of government.

At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.

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.

I believe there's an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.

We have come too far to go back, my friends.

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.

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.

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.

I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.

A holistic solution to income inequality is going to take a lot of work, but every time you prove that one of the strands is achievable and that it has a positive impact on people's lives you take another step towards proving the bigger theory of the case.

I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It's time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.

I haven't smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.

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.

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.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.

NY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries

We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success. We do it to create more success stories.

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.

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.