Andrew Cuomo famous quotes

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.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Gay #Reality #Needs

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Believe #Glasses #Ceilings

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Believe #School #Rights

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Believe #Fighting #Discrimination

The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Life And Death #Needs #Information

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

#Gun #Knowing #Would Be

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Summer #Father #Son

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

#Good Friend #People #Force

Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Reality #Weather #Patterns

I'm a Queens boy at the end of the day.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Queens #Boys #The End Of The Day

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Long #Politician #Good Listener

I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Real #Believe #Climate

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Harsh #Status Quo #Critics

I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Thinking #Legislation

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

#Party #People #Want

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Father #Thinking

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Government

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Believe #Inspiration #Government

I am against the death penalty.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Death Penalty #Penalties #Against Death Penalty

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

#Years #Flood

There is energy and power in a crisis.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Energy #Crisis

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

#Lessons #Legislature

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?
-- Andrew Cuomo

#People #Done #Albany

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Reality #Benefits #Unions

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

#Jobs #Government #Essentials

If I'm breathing in 2016, I'll be happy.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Being Happy #Breathing #Cynical

I did experiment with ***** when I was a youth.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Weed #Marijuana #Youth

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

#Government #Surprise #Surprise Me

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty
-- Andrew Cuomo

#War #Poverty #War On Poverty

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...
-- Andrew Cuomo

#New York #Gay #Weapons

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Office #Portraits #Saint

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#New York #Damage

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

#Believe

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

#Boys #Government #People

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

#Agendas #Urban

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Angel #Notable #Speakers

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Wall #People #Upset

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

#Wall #Thinking #Abuse

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.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#New York #Powerful #People

I don't think bonuses are always bad.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Thinking #Bonus

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
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Integrity #Acting #Sitting

There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Thinking #Important #Consideration

There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Needs #Disputes #Currents

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#People #Want #Affirmation

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

#Running #Office #Romance

I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Wall #Believe #Needs

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Believe #Equality #Prudent

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Grandfather #Honey #Vinegar

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#New York #Government #Boss

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Engineering #Manhattan #Made

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Government #People #Lobbyists

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

#Running #People #Office

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#New York #Integrity #Empires

To be clear... no one is above the law.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Law #Clear #Above The Law

There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Player #People #Different

There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#New York #Government #Water

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.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Political #Confusing #Agendas

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#School #Students #Authority

If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#People #Battle #Citizens

Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Weather #People #Political

It's time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#People #Empires #States

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#New York #Government #People

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Fighting #Compromise

I haven't lost my head yet.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Lost

I never thought I would be divorced.
-- Andrew Cuomo

#Would Be #Divorced

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

#Political #Use #Lessons

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

#New York #Down And #Upside Down