Author: Ed Koch

Quotes

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

- Ed Koch

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

- Ed Koch

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

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

- Ed Koch

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

- Ed Koch

The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.

The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.

- Ed Koch

We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.

We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.

- Ed Koch

In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

- Ed Koch

Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.

Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.

- Ed Koch

God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.

God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.

- Ed Koch

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