I think both of them [Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders] have [chances] because they are not the establishment, not for who they are.
Michael BloombergI like what I see when I look in the mirror. If I get sentimental, I look and say, "Uh. It's a bad day. They beat up on me," this, that, and the other thing. But ya know? We've spent one billion trying to convince people to not smoke. It's been phenomenally successful. We've probably saved millions of lives. There aren't many people that have done that. So, you know, when I get to heaven, I'm not sure I'm gonna stand for an interview. I'm going right in.
Michael BloombergI think [Winston] Churchill said it was " [democracy] the worst of all systems except for all the others." And that's probably true. It's never gone easily.
Michael BloombergI never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.
Michael BloombergPeople have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.
Michael BloombergYou know, Russia today is, what, 200 million people? In land mass, it's probably 50 times the size [of Japan], in natural resources a hundred times the size! Russia's not doing all that badly. The public there - not everybody - but they have things that the West offered, [that] were only available in the West a long time ago.
Michael Bloomberg