Ed Koch

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

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist. ”

No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that. ”

The art of creation is older than the art of killing. ”

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. ”

I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. ”

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government. ”

I injured myself politically when I took on Jesse Jackson' in the 1988 presidential campaign. I was too strident. I didn't recognize the emotional tie that he had with all black voters. ”

I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did. ”

I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. ”