Ed Koch Quotes

I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?

I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.

Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn’t these people be returned at once to the country from which they embarked – whether it be their home country or a stopover point – at the expense of the airline that brought them? All appeals would then be made from the country to which they have been returned.

To learn something new every day is still exciting!

It’s a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.

[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.

I’m not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn’t a mayor.

I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish – occasionally I do windows.

I want to come back as me.

If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.

I’m confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.