Top 114 Quotes & Sayings by Andrew Cuomo - Page 2

This virus is an enemy that the entire country underestimated from day one and we have paid the price dearly.

People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

I don't think bonuses are always bad.

'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.

I believe in $15 as a minimum wage.

Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.

It's a matter of opinion on many of these issues, and there's no right or wrong. That's why we have elections; that's why we have debates. Donald Trump thinks one thing. Hillary Clinton thinks another thing.

Let's help each other. New York, because New York is first. And then after New York, and after the curve breaks in New York, let's all rush to whoever's second. And then let's all rush to whoever's third. And let's learn from each other and help each other.

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.

A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.

I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now.

I'm going to change everything you believe about HUD.

I'm tired of being behind this virus. We've been behind this virus from day one. We underestimated this virus. It's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected.

We have a system of jurisprudence. You are innocent until proven guilty. You have a right to counsel. And you have a right to hospitalization if you are ill. That is our system. And it's what makes this country special and what makes this country great.

I'm very big on focus.

We don't hand anyone anything in the Democratic Party.

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.

Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

I believe it is actually fomenting the growth of ISIL; Donald Trump could be a recruitment poster for ISIL because he is fanning the flames of hate.

Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1.

You add one million citizens to the voting rolls in this state, that's a significant, significant difference. You do that nationwide, it's a significant difference.

When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing.

I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.

To be clear... no one is above the law.

ISIL is saying to a disenfranchised population, 'Come join us. Fight the good fight.' I think we're actually playing into it when they hear Trump's rhetoric. And I think it's dangerous and hurtful as a matter of national policy.

Fear has never educated a child. Fear has never built a home.

If you ask the American people to choose, between public health and the economy, then it's no contest. No American is going to say, accelerate the economy, at the cost of human life. Because no American is going to say how much a life is worth. Job one has to be save lives. That has to be the priority.

Some states are doing better than others. Some states naturally have stronger economies. So it's not as simple as saying, 'Let's go to $15.' If you do it wrong, you can hurt the very people you're trying to help.

Fear has never built a community. And fear will never build a nation.

Some people don't support economic development. There are people in the Assembly who say there is no economic development possible; leave it to the private sector.

If I get sued for keeping people safe and getting people in from the cold because they were endangering themselves, then so be it.

If you go from $7 to $15 in a very short period of time, potentially that could have a negative effect on some economies because that is a very big jump. And you're saying to businesses that employ a large number of minimum wage workers, your payroll is basically going to double. That could have a negative impact. It would have to be studied.

During Hurricane Sandy, we expended billions and billions of dollars, literally. In the handling of the emergency and the construction and the aftermath, trying to get people to come back to the affected communities. So I'm very proud of what the state did.

If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.

I think Hillary Clinton is going to do very well in New York, because there's one basic advantage. New Yorkers know Hillary Clinton. She was here for senator. We've seen her work. We've seen her performance.

I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.

There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.

I will take personal responsibility for transporting the 20,000 ventilators anywhere in this country that they want, once we are past our apex. But don't leave them sitting in a stockpile, and say well we're going to wait and see how we allocate them across the country.

When you become president, they don't give you a magic wand that you wave. You have to get legislation passed. You have to get agencies to run programs.

I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.

Former President Shimon Peres was a leader and a statesman, and an especially wonderful friend to all of us. He will be missed dearly.

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance.

I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators

Showed good business judgment, knowing that these continued lawsuits would be the untimely death of the gun industry.

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.

I've worked on the urban agenda all my life. All. My. Life.

I did experiment with marijuana when I was a youth.

We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality.

Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York.

I don't know people who don't say 'boy, the government is working better now.'

The other states look to New York for the progressive direction. New York made a powerful statement [legalizing marriage equality], not just for the people of New York, but for people all across this nation.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development