Quotes By Andrew Cuomo

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

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

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

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

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

The other states look to New York for the progressive direction.

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.

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

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

Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.

I'm very big on focus.

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.

I am the government.

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

I never thought I would be divorced.

I'm sort of the Antichrist to the Conservative Party.

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 haven't lost my head yet.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

Marriage equality changed life for people.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

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

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.