Ed Koch

“If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end.”

“The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.”

“Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!”

“Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.”

“I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.”

“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.”

“I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.”