John Hickenlooper Quotes
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Wellington Webb was one of the most significant mayors of the latter half of the 20th century. His natural political instincts are almost unrivaled.
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In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
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A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.
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I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.
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My father had a handgun on the bedside table, and we were all taught to handle firearms.
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If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.
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In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.
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To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.
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We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.
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If you don't trust the media, they are not going to trust you, and if they don't trust you, it's hard for the public to trust you.
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Fracking is an industrial process, but it can be done safely. It's government's job to make sure it can be done safely.
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If I can convince people that good people don't do attack ads, and that we want good people to represent us, then the attack ads work against themselves.
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Many of the basic lessons of business, such as the critical value of customer service or measuring risk against reward when investing capital, have essential application in government, but not in a vacuum.
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I could easily say that, for quite a long time before I became mayor, I had obeyed all laws.
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In terms of all kinds of things, in terms of educational reform, in terms of health care, transportation, Colorado has a chance to be a national model.
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Colorado is known for many great things.
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There can be an energy in a populist campaign that isn't always in the best interest of the party.
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Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many people - for them, life starts with a good job.
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When someone's kind of a braggart to the bully... it makes me on edge just because I live that, and I don't think that's a model we want for our kids in this country.
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Sustainable jobs are created by the private sector.
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This country is built on free speech.
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Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should be something we can all agree to, but it became this huge battle and, you know, really, really a challenge.
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Government requires bringing people together and genuinely hearing their issues. It requires the establishment and strengthening of community.
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Governor Kasich and I won't agree on everything, but agree we've got to control the rise in health care costs on all levels.