Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Eric Adams

Men ignore symptoms all the time. I think we're hardwired just to suck it up. After being an athlete as a child, you play with pain, all of those little statements that coaches would say. And I internalized that.

Police officers must follow the rules to be able to question if there's reasonable suspicion that someone is carrying that firearm.

I was progressive before the term progressive actually existed.

My goal is really to use my position as the borough president and any higher-profile position to empower people, to let us all know how we can control our health.

When we feed people, we should only feed them healthy food. They go to the government because they don't have any other choices. So it's almost a betrayal when you know someone has no other choice but to eat what you give them, and you're giving them food that feeds their chronic diseases.

The real repercussions of a permanent criminal record - some lose their jobs, their housing, even their families - can go far beyond the primary policing objective.

It doesn't matter if you are in Borough Park in the Hasidic community, if you're in Flatbush in the Korean community, if you're in Sunset Park in the Chinese community, if you're in Rockaway, if you're out in Queens, in the Dominican community, Washington Heights - all of you have the power to fuel us.

Computer science teaches and nurtures the type of thinking that 21st century citizens will need to address 21st century issues. We cannot know with any certainty what those challenges will be, but we can arm our students with the tools needed to address them.

If you don't start targeting what's feeding crime then we are going to throw good money into a bad scenario.

If you don't educate, you will incarcerate.

Soul food is find the most healthy food you can get and make it as toxic as possible. Collard greens are good for you. Kale is good for you. Yams are good for you. But they no longer are good for you when you start pouring the sugar, the oil, the butter, all of those items that make it unhealthy.

The first classroom is in a mother's womb.

We didn't know we were poor because that's how everyone around us lived.

You may have heard me say that I am going to create a safe, fair, affordable city for all New Yorkers. But you have probably heard other candidates say that before. What I want you to know is that those will be my priorities because those issues aren't political to me; they're personal.

Let's decide that we must live in a safe city where we educate our children and make sure everyone has an opportunity to prosper in this great city.

Meal prep is so important and I do it once a week.

One day mom sat down and says, 'I'm moving my children to Queens. There was this quiet in the room and then everyone burst out laughing. Moving to Queens for us was like moving to Mars. It was like breaking out of poverty, the ultimate in luxury.

We're not going to attract new businesses if we don't have safe subway systems where everyday employees are able to get to their work in a safe manner.

During the debates for mayor, I was continually pressed on my position on the policing procedure known as 'stop and frisk' - which is actually in law enforcement known as 'stop, question and frisk' - and why I believed that, if used properly, it could reduce crime without infringing on personal liberties and human rights.

We can save more lives with plant-based diet if people would only realize they are enslaved to fats, oil, sugar and things that are killing their body.

My mother cleaned houses. I washed dishes.

If we work to find common ground rather than fighting from entrenched, simplistic, ideological corners, we can have the safety we need and the justice we deserve.

New York City belongs to the people that was here and made New York City what it is.

I am thankful that Brooklyn, a community of more than 2.6 million people of which nearly half speak a language other than English at home, stands as a shining example of how immigration and diversity have made us a safer and stronger place to live, work, and experience the American dream.

I had nerve damage. It was going to lead to amputation. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol.

My law enforcement experience has showed me first-hand the violent and psychologically scarring impact that can result from the series of dominoes that fall after an otherwise law-abiding citizen fails to pay a summons for a quality-of-life offense on time.

I was beaten by police and sat in their precinct holding cell, certain that my future was already decided. And now I will be the person in charge of that precinct, and every other precinct, because I'm going to be the mayor of the City of New York.

I lost sight in my left eye.

I want to empower people. I want people to know that they can take their health in their own hands.

The question was never whether stop, question and frisk should be allowed; it was how it should be done. Those who claimed it should be outlawed entirely reduced a nuanced issue to an either-or argument, and unwisely answered it with a blanket ban.

Food has to look good, it has to taste good and it has to be good for you.

We were stopping and frisking people based on their ethnicities and based on the communities they were in. That will never happen under my administration.

I went from a D student to the dean's list.

We have equated a cancer diagnosis to 'death,' but we look at diabetes as 'something that you get when you get older.' But look at diabetes - it's the leading cause of limb amputation, heart disease, kidney failure. Many people don't equate diabetes with these other destructive things. I didn't equate it to those until I started reading about it.

We need to empower parents with the skills so that they can stay up to date on how to protect their families.

Because of my struggles and my work, I have the unique ability to be a bridge between the NYPD and our communities, restoring confidence and accountability in policing that is essential to our recovery.

Well, many Blacks who are vegan are vegan for health reasons. They believe in putting the right food in their bodies. And they are reluctant to be attached to some who have been extremely aggressive in the animal rights movement.

We must zero in on gun violence in our city.

Crime takes root when household budgets are unable to address the conditions that can lead to despair and violence, and government services and policies do not adequately address underemployment, poor mental health care and learning disabilities that hold young people back.

I'm not going to allow inmates and officers to be the victims of violent people.

I was one of six children raised by a single mom who cleaned houses, not always knowing if we would come home to an eviction notice on the front door or food on the table. So I also understand the struggles of paying the rent, finding affordable child care, and having enough in the bank to make it to the end of the week.

The question should not be whether or not police are allowed to confront suspects; it should be about how we train them. The question should not be whether we have police; it should be how we use them. The question should not be whether judges should have the ability to protect New Yorkers from violent offenders; it should be how we let them.

As a founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, I would often police the streets in a bulletproof vest one day during the high-crime 1980s and 1990s and protest bad behavior by cops the next.

Transparency in government also includes transparency in health care and hospitals.

The food we call soul food is slave food. We were forced to eat it.

If my son wanted to join the NYPD, I'd want him to have the same pathway to the middle class as I did.

Having a serious ailment or serious disease, it hijacks your life. You're thinking about the next result, the next test.

There's absolutely no reason why we should continue poisoning our children's health with processed foods.

New York City in particular is the economic engine of not just our state, but arguably the nation. If that engine stalls, this entire country could get dragged into the same downward spiral.

All across the country, the DSA socialists are mobilizing to stop Eric Adams. They realize if I'm successful, we're going to start the process of regaining control of our cities.

We know the costs of failure. There is now no excuse for government - at any level - not to invest in a safer, fairer future for our cities.

I went through my entire public school career going to bed crying because I was getting Ds.

I think we need to be humane to all living beings and that includes our animals.

My plant-based diet is the No. 1 reason that my diabetes was put into remission.

I don't want anybody holding doors for me. I don't want anyone to hold my umbrella.

As a former police officer, I have long advocated that it is not only the job of the NYPD to make our communities safe. I have also stated that it is not solely the role of ACS to fight child abuse. The community at large must do their share in with these important initiatives.

America is saying, we want to have justice and safety and end inequalities. And we don't want fancy candidates.

I don't want anyone deifying me.

Used it, used it often, great tool. We should never have removed stop-and-frisk.

As our city and country begin the long, rocky road of recovery from COVID, we still must avoid the pitfalls of another deadly public health crisis: gun violence.