Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian politician Rob Ford.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Robert Bruce Ford was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobicoke North. He was first elected to Toronto City Council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat twice.
No one is going to come here if it's a filthy city, if it's not a safe city.
I apologized for my mistakes.
You know we all make mistakes and we move on.
I, Mayor Ford... encourage the people of Toronto to send a strong message to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited and transsexual community, like all the communities, are welcomed, safe and valued in this great city we call Toronto.
I like having a good time.
Okay, I've admitted to drinking too much. Okay, so I'm dealing with it.
You can't be the director of education and plagiarizing.
I can't support bike lanes.
My commitment to living clean is now unwavering.
In the private sector, you have a budget and you stick to it.
Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks.
I can't stand golfing, I'm not a golfer. Can't do five hours of chasing a ball around a field.
I have a lot of Italian friends, and they have espressos.
It's the happiest time in my life when my family's all together.
Women love money. Give 'em a couple thousand bucks and they are happy.
Rehab is amazing. It reminds me of football camp. Kind of like the Washington Redskins camp I went to as a kid.
I've never been a fan of Chris Spence.
A million people a day go to work in this city and they drive themselves. I don't see why I'm any different.
I've never been to a Pride parade.
I drive by Baskin Robbins, and - I don't know, it's like - it's pretty hard. Or Dairy Queen. I go nuts. I just gotta keep going.
I love football. It's cool.
When you're overweight like I've been my whole life, you've been made fun of. And, uh, it's not good growing up.
I'm a right-wing fiscal conservative and a social liberal.
When I go to the gas station or the restaurant, people still come up and say hi.
There are many different types of bullying, being called fat and all that stuff, it bothers you. You have to deal with it.
I know I've saved the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
I cannot support taxing the taxpayer.
I'm not an alcoholic.
I'm a big hockey fan.
There's more poor people in this country than there are rich, and I stick up for the poor people.
I think alcohol is the worst drug of all. It makes you do things that you would never do or say things that you wouldn't.
I like Bob Marley.
We will not rest until being a gang member is a miserable, undesirable life.
People want subways, folks... subways, subways. They don't want these damn streetcars blocking up our city!
I went to university for three years, but I wasn't in Ottawa for three years.
I like dancing.
I support traditional marriage. I always have.
I'm gonna watch the taxpayers' money like I was elected to do.
I will never, ever, ever change one thing I did with my policies at city hall.
I'm in the gym for two hours every day.
Those Oriental people work like dogs.
I'm only human. I can't change the past.
In my private life, it was a disaster. In my public life, it was fantastic.
We are saving taxpayers' money, I believe I am doing a very good job at mayor.
My staff are pretty protective, it drives me nuts. I like to just do my own thing, that's pretty well it.
I'm friendly to everyone I meet and people are friendly to me.
I'd like to get rid of those streetcars, maybe phase them out. I'm not sure how we're going to do it but I'd like to slowly but surely get rid of those streetcars and maybe replace them with buses.
Oh my god, I never want to hurt a bike. That's the last thing I want to do, precious little bikes.
I've had people ask me to do their shopping for them.
I would like to see someone walk a mile in my shoes for five minutes.
I'm not worried about what people do in their private life. I look out for taxpayers' money.
Number one, I don't understand a transgender. I don't understand. Is it a guy dressed up like a girl, or a girl dressed up like a guy?
I hate those damn streetcars - they are just a pain in the rear-end. You get behind them and you can't get around them and then you get your cyclists too.
I hate rules. I hate government intervention. Just live and let live, man.
What I compare bike lanes to is swimming with the sharks. Sooner or later you're going to get bitten... Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day.
If you're not doing needles and you're not gay, you won't get AIDS, probably.
Once I'm done, I'm done. I'm going to California.
I’m happily married. I’ve got more than enough to eat at home.
I made mistakes, I drank too much, I smoked some crack some time. What can I say? I made a mistake, I’m human.
I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.