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The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor. -- Thomas Menino
I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things. -- Jack L. Chalker
While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago. -- Rahm Emanuel
I find it ironic how New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is so focused on such small issues as drink sizes, while ignoring the massive infrastructure challenges in New York - lousy roads, third-world airports, traffic jams, etc. -- Mark Skousen
If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties. -- Harvey Weinstein
2010 Foursquare Mayor Of The Year -- Baratunde Thurston
But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor. -- Laura Miller
There has to be life after the Charlotte Mayor's office. -- Harvey Gantt
Ive loved this job. It is my intention to stay as the Mayor -- Len Brown
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too. -- Alan Autry
Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor?" She smiles. "He doesn't stand a chance. -- Patrick Ness
Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. -- William M. Daley
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support. -- Ryan White
I want to be Prime Minister, but I will stand for Mayor of London first. -- Mohamed Al-Fayed
Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline. -- Jane Byrne
The Mayor of Hong Kong, who said Can't work today. Have American flu. Never got a dinner! -- Red Buttons
I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time. -- Patrick Ness
As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive -- Gavin Newsom
As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive. -- Gavin Newsom
I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago. -- Jane Byrne
At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving. -- Bill de Blasio
While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned. -- Henry David Thoreau
Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the government that he is like the town tart who finally married the Mayor. -- Beverley Baxter
I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships. -- Rudy Giuliani
Nick wanted to meet on campus at Love Library. (That was the actual name; thank you for your donation, Mayor Don Lathrop Love.) -- Rainbow Rowell
Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago. -- Jane Byrne
We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions. -- Stephen Crabb
I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers. -- Rudy Giuliani
The whole point of corporate mascots is to be distinctive. No one in his right mind would ever confuse the Hamburglar with Mayor McCheese. -- Gene Weingarten
If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves. -- Delia Smith
The city fought a $300 million, 18-year war on graffiti. New York Mayor John Lindsay declared war in 1972, and the battle for the transit system came later. -- Adam Mansbach
I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans]. I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform. -- Brad Pitt
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I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago. -- Harold Washington
On played the Mayor's daughters in Horton Hears a Who: I had never done animation, so I thought it would be cool to try something different. -- Selena Gomez
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans, when rebuilt, will be a chocolate city. And he will be the delicious nut in the center. -- Amy Poehler
As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy -- Gavin Newsom
As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy. -- Gavin Newsom
Now, whether or not in a place like Chicago you do stop and frisk, which worked very well, Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York. -- Donald Trump
What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was. -- Oscar Isaac
As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected -- Gavin Newsom
As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected. -- Gavin Newsom
New Jersey Mayor Corey Booker last night personally rescued a woman from a burning building. Or as Fox News reported it, 'black man loots house, steals white woman.' -- Bill Maher
Remember when friends was friends, and LL had a Benz? And cell phones and beepers was the new trends? When Koch was the Mayor and Reagan was the Pres? -- Biz Markie
Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be! Jack Skellington: *No.* [the Mayor switches to his upset face] Jack Skellington: How *jolly*! Mayor: Oh. How *jolly* our Christmas will be -- Tim Burton
Mayor de Blasio wants to eliminate garbage. He believes New York City produces way too much garbage. Well, heck, forget about producing too much garbage. What about late-night talk shows? -- David Letterman
Cordelia: I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan. Oz: We attack the Mayor with hummus. Cordelia: I stand corrected. Oz: Just keeping things in perspective. -- Joss Whedon
Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York. It brought the crime rate way down. But you take the gun away from criminals that shouldn't be having it. -- Donald Trump
Cordelia: I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan. Oz: We attack the Mayor with hummus. Cordelia: I stand corrected. Oz: Just keeping things in perspective. -- Joss Whedon
You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting. -- Patrick Ness
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional. -- Gavin Newsom
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional -- Gavin Newsom
This is a fundamental question, Mr. Mayor [ Rudy Giuliani ]. Is the president of the United States legitimate or not? Do you believe it? If you believe it, why doesn't your candidate state it. -- Chris Matthews
We took an approach, supported by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Mayor for London, that we had very real fears of violence and damage being caused across the streets of London. -- Michael Todd
Congratulations to Ohio State, your new college football champions. Coach Urban Meyer may be the greatest football coach of all time. Don't confuse him with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. That's urban quagmire. -- David Letterman
I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a bully who wants to micro-manage people's lives by mandate, not persuasion. -- Mark Skousen
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani fired his wife, Donna Hanover, as official hostess of the mayor's mansion last weekend. He's got his own idea of what a hostess should be. He wants a little cupcake. -- Argus Hamilton
The NYPD with the unconditional support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg has stopped-and-frisked more black men than there are black men in New York City. Institutionalized racial discrimination in the United States is alive and well. -- Chris Hayes
Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front. That's about it. It makes House of Cards look like Teletubbies. -- Nigel Evans
The gist of what Mayor Giuliani said -- that the President has shown himself to be completely unable to speak the truth about the nature of the threats from these ISIS terrorists - is true. -- Bobby Jindal
The Mayor of Boston says he won't allow Chick-Fil-A in Boston. Amazing that a mayor now has the power to stop commerce because he personally disagrees with the PERSONAL views of the CEO of a company. -- Mike Huckabee
Did Rahm Emmanuel serve President Barack] Obama or did he serve himself as he prepared to run for Mayor of Chicago? I don't use the term black-on-black violence, since I've never heard the term white-on-white violence. -- Julianne Malveaux
Mayor de Blasio has legalized ferrets. Now you can legally own ferrets in New York City. I want to tell you something. If I want to see anymore beady-eyed little weasels, I'll just keep riding the subway. -- David Letterman
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been positioning himself to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Hillary once developed a program to deliver rural healthcare, while de Blasio once dropped a groundhog on its head. -- Jimmy Fallon
The charge that liberal candidates don't connect with or understand the values and beliefs of regular Americans is embedded in old epithets like 'limousine liberal,' which I first heard aimed at New York Mayor John Lindsay in 1969. -- Jeff Greenfield
When I was covering baseball the Reds had a first baseman, Sean Casey. His nickname was "The Mayor" because he knew and connected with absolutely everyone. Incredibly lovely ... even invited Red writers to his wedding. And that never happens. -- Jeff Pearlman
Chicago's privatization mania began during Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration, which ran from 1989 to 2011. Under his successor, Rahm Emanuel, the trend has continued apace. For Rahm's investment banker buddies, the trend has been a boon. For citizens? Not so much. -- Rick Perlstein
I sort of half read Thomas Hardy's 'The Mayor of Casterbridge.' It was assigned in 10th grade, and I just couldn't get into it. About seven years later, I rediscovered Hardy and consumed four of his novels in a row. -- Suzanne Collins
My dream in growing up in the city of Detroit was to be Mayor. At the family picnics from the time I was 9-years-old that's what I told people I was going to be. The mayor of the city of Detroit. -- Kwame Kilpatrick
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion, likes to pick a fight - especially fights where the line between good and evil is particularly stark. -- Jeff Goodell
Mayor Daley has no honor and his word has no value. The sneaky way he did this shows that he knows it was wrong. We're not going to allow the mayor to hide behind the fiction of homeland security for his reprehensible action. -- Phil Boyer
Mayor de Blasio said that whenever he goes to a Yankee game he gets sick and tired of people booing and giving him the finger. Hey, what do you want? You're the mayor of New York City. It comes with the gig, pal. -- David Letterman
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on the Republican side. On the Democratic side, he sees Hillary Clinton struggling a bit. Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg sees a big lane in the middle for a moderate former Republican who believes in gun control and climate change. -- Don Gonyea
In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor's Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done. -- Rashida Jones
From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives. -- Laura Miller
I've been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has been put on one side, and if I'm privileged enough to be the Mayor of this city, then I will not write again. -- Jeffrey Archer
Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very good job on environment. I think he was right to achieve mayoral control of education. I don't think he then applied it the right way. -- Bill de Blasio
Former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, talk show Rush Limbaugh claim - " don't you love that, they "claim."" I'm not claiming anything. I'm saying. Anyway. " - that Black Lives Matter exacerbates tensions and sows racial divides." How can that even be debatable? -- Rush Limbaugh
Creating a city for successful aging involves incorporating age friendly values into everything we do - every plan, every project, every design. I'm excited to be leading Honolulu in this effort, and I believe that it will be one of the most rewarding things I do as Mayor. -- Kirk Caldwell
If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. -- Robert Moses
If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it. -- Ron Dellums
A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens. -- John Hickenlooper
You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor. -- Lillie Langtry
When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator. -- Dick Murphy
If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical. -- Matt Gonzalez
I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three. -- Sal Albanese
I've very proud to be mayor of our great city. It's a city with a heart and a soul. Chicago has a unique spirit. Our business community wants to give back. -- Richard M. Daley
If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the elderly in residential homes wander free. -- Jane Birkin
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes. -- Fidel Castro
I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going. -- Marion Barry
When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese. -- Iris Chang
Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang. -- Ronnie Hawkins
God is on my side, and that's all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don't pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that's the end of it. -- Mr. T
Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community - all this coming together - this is a wonderful city. -- Richard M. Daley
If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don't cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don't stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you'll never see it again. -- Tom Waits
Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market, tapas bar or street performer. Each night we'd leave our hotel to begin a new adventure in Madrid and nine out of 10 times, we'd walk through the Plaza Mayor. -- Emilio Estevez
I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and they say, 'Great job, Mayor,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn't find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling - I think they should see the doctor. -- Michael Bloomberg
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My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress. -- Julian Castro
Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor. -- Charles Churchill
Fred is officially the mayor of Portland now. -- Lauren Oliver
I want a formal apology from the mayor. -- Antonio Gonzalez
When I become mayor, we all become mayor. -- Ras Baraka
Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor. -- Charles Evers
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped. -- Harold Washington
Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes. -- Gillian Jacobs
Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street. -- Harvey Milk
I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11. -- Joe Lhota
I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11. -- Joe Lhota
When I became mayor, the city was in tough financial straits. -- Ken Boshcoff
If Hillary Clinton can be president, then one girl can be mayor. -- Amy Klobuchar
I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever. -- Ed Koch
I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del. -- Tom Douglas
The much heaves and palpitates. It is multidirectional and has a mayor. -- Donald Barthelme
An Icelandic mayor goes on an anti-elf rant which gets him in trouble. -- Peter Sagal
I've even written a role for Dolly Parton to play the town mayor! -- Heidi Montag
I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be? -- Jeffrey Archer
I'm not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn't a mayor. -- Ed Koch

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