Best 59 quotes of Andrew Cuomo on MyQuotes

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

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

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

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.

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

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

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.

I am against the death penalty.

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

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

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

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

I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

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.

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

I did experiment with marijuana when I was a youth.

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

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

I don't think bonuses are always bad.

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

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.

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

I haven't lost my head yet.

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?

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.

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

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

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

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.

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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