Robert Moses Quotes & Sayings

L have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake. — Robert Moses

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. — Robert Moses

If the ends don't justify the means, then what does? — Robert Moses

When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax, — Robert Moses

Those who can, build. Those who can't, criticize. — Robert Moses

I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs. — Robert Moses

Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of excrescence fastened to our Eastern shore and peopled by the less venturesome waves of foreigners who failed to go West to the genuine American frontier. — Robert Moses

Majorities, of course, start with minorities. — Robert Moses

Every true New Yorker believes with all his heart that when a New Yorker is tired of New York, he is tired of life. — Robert Moses

Critics build nothing — Robert Moses

I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness. Hothouses of learning do not always grow anything edible. — Robert Moses

He continued to be an infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy. — Robert Moses

[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt. — Robert Moses

Here the skeptic finds chaos and the believer further evidence that the hand that made us is divine. — Robert Moses