Eric Garcetti Quotes
- All Quotes
-
I am a passionate, committed composer, and the guy I used to write musicals with, once he was able to ditch me and get a better composer, actually won the Tony.
-
Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary.
-
Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'
-
I'm pretty skinny, and I can sleep at the drop of a hat. So, take that middle seat in economy and save the money for other things you can do.
-
The questions that consume me, that keep me up at night, are the people that are sleeping on the streets.
-
I'm very much a California boy. I try to eat healthy and exercise.
-
Cities are those laboratories of democracy that states used to be.
-
The idea of red-washing or blue-washing an entire county because a few more people vote one way or the other does a disservice to the people who live there.
-
We need a pro-worker trade approach that puts American jobs - not corporate profits - front and center.
-
Enthusiasm — real grassroots enthusiasm — trumps money, trumps endorsements, trumps everything.
-
We need to make sure teachers are in schools and that children have teachers.
-
Environment, homelessness, infrastructure and immigration - I'm very focused on all four, which are critical to the success of Los Angeles.
-
The problem with the Democratic Party is, we're like, 'If we just get another presidential candidate in there, everything will be OK.' We should be focusing on school boards, city council races, state legislatures.
-
I want to turn momentum on traffic. I want to make in a dent in homelessness on the way to eradicating it on our streets. But there's always something else to do tomorrow. And you have to be at peace knowing you're not going to finish it all.
-
I want to be high-profile with the average Angeleno. I want to be out there holding office hours on a curb in Boyle Heights.
-
Pete Buttigieg is one of my closest friends as a mayor.
-
In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.
-
It is the responsibility, I think, of anybody in elected office to look for opportunities to help serve their people.
-
Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.
-
I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish.
-
I won't let anybody, even the most powerful person in this country, trample our values or our Constitution. And no matter who's in the White House, I am incredibly vigilant about that and will continue to fight that fight.
-
I prioritize my daughter and my wife.
-
People will give you the responsibility, even the authority, to go after the big things, the visionary things, the reaching for incredible opportunities, if they trust that you're running a city well. And if you don't run a city well, conversely, you can't do the big things.
-
I think it is time for a radical federalism in this country, where people trust innovation coming from the local level and ramp that up.