Quotes By Andrew Cuomo

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.

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.

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

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

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

I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.

When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing.

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.

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.

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

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

It's troubling for me as a Catholic to be at odds with the church.

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

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.

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

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

Very few people go into politics to be reviled.

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

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

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

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

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

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.

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'm governor of New York.

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.

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

I worked in the Clinton administration.

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

I am the government.