Michael Bloomberg Quotes

I must make decisions every five minutes and give the impression of being sure of myself! Sincerely, this is the cause of my verbal violence.

Practically every time I speak up at a school conference, a political event, or my apartment building association's annual meeting, I'm met with a display of someone else's superior intelligence.

I'm very confident with who I am and how I lead, and I'm a problem solver and like to keep myself on my toes.

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

I bring values, resiliency, a thick skin, and I'm not afraid to be confrontational. I don't remember anyone before bringing that to the table.

I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

A leader with no doubts leads badly.

It took me to be 33 to start to know how to fight.

I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.

I'm a rather decisive type.

There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.

When a woman makes up her mind, she gets what she wants.

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

When you disagree with somebody else, they often tend to get very defensive. But that doesn't stop me from doing the kind of work that I want to do.

If I want to be brave enough to stand up and make my opinions count, I will have to take the punches and roll with it.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

One of my strongest assets is my ability to be calm under pressure.

I've just learned how to put things into perspective and how to not be afraid of change while making decisions for myself. Also, asking for what I want and demanding what I need and being more confident in who I am and my ability.

I'm very tough. Come to a council meeting, and you'll see it.