Mayor Koch Quotes & Sayings

Remember when friends was friends, and LL had a Benz?
And cell phones and beepers was the new trends?
When Koch was the Mayor and Reagan was the Pres? — Biz Markie

Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support. — Ryan White

Guys do ridiculous things for love." Adrian reached into his pocket and held up a pack of cigarettes. "Do you know how badly I want one of these right now? Yet I suffer, Rose. All for you. — Richelle Mead

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did. — Ed Koch

For Beatrice, our love broke my heart,
and stopped yours. — Lemony Snicket

The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance. — Peter Drucker

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me. — Said Aouita

You have friends and you have enemies, the trick is mastering that the only difference between the two is; your friends will plot your downfall without you realising. — Keysha Jade

Suffering is having what you do not want, and wanting what you do not have. However, suffering is minimized when we equalize our desires to fit our circumstances. Subtract our wants, and we will be closer to contentment. — Joni Eareckson Tada

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. — Ed Koch

The mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven. — Ed Koch

I do affect a sorrow indeed, but I have it too. — William Shakespeare

Faith is the realization that God's pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him. — David Platt

If God made Adam and Eve, they had children ... wait a minute ... that means someone banged their sister! — Carlos Mencia

I am afraid of the worst, but I am not sure what that is. — Abraham Rotstein

I'm not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn't a mayor. — Ed Koch

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever. — Ed Koch

When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me. — Ed Koch