107 Quotes by Ed Koch

Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen.

The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.

The city is the size of a country, but has been operated like a candy store.

Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.

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.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

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.