After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.
--Michael Bloomberg
Buy what's deliverable, not what could be.
--Michael Bloomberg
Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside six percent. We educate the doctors, and then don't give 'em a green card.
--Michael Bloomberg
Donald Trump says he wants to run America like he's running his business? God help us.
--Michael Bloomberg
Government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they're screaming about. In business, it's exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most successful departments, and less in those that aren't performing.
--Michael Bloomberg
Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.
--Michael Bloomberg
I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.
--Michael Bloomberg
I never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.
--Michael Bloomberg
I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.
--Michael Bloomberg
I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.
--Michael Bloomberg
I've always wondered if people who block each other from expressing their opinions do so because they have so little confidence in their own.
--Michael Bloomberg
If people are not smoking, they'll probably be drinking more.
--Michael Bloomberg
If you want to know how to solve society's problems, you start out with better public education.
--Michael Bloomberg
In the game of life, when the final buzzer sounds, the only stat you carry with you is the number of assists you made.
--Michael Bloomberg
Is your company so small you have to do everything for yourself? Wait until you're so big that you can't. That's worse.
--Michael Bloomberg
Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.
--Michael Bloomberg
One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite.
--Michael Bloomberg
Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.
--Michael Bloomberg
Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.
--Michael Bloomberg
Someone once described the information business as exactly the opposite of sex. When it's good, it's still lousy.
--Michael Bloomberg
What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?
--Michael Bloomberg
You can't sit there and worry about everything.
--Michael Bloomberg
You must first be willing to fail- and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.
--Michael Bloomberg
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