In 1982, I wrote in my diary that life is motion, not joy. If the way you measure success in life is by how much joy it brings you, you’re measuring inaccurately. Life is also sadness, defeat, striving. It is many things. Mario Cuomo Read Quote
I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years. Mario Cuomo Read Quote
David Robinson chose to stay at Navy. He talked about commitment, loyalty and values. I wonder how many of us would choose these virtues rather than the chance of becoming a millionaire, especially if you were a college sophomore when you had to make that choice. Mario Cuomo Read Quote
I think – something I learned recently looking up the meaning of ideology. If you look in American encyclopedias, it says, you know, ‘Rules for – basic rules for a system of economics or politics.’ If you look in the Oxford, it says that, and then it says… ‘Despite – and people will hold these propositions despite events.’ Mario Cuomo Read Quote
If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in ’91. Mario Cuomo Read Quote
I will take a draft to the Yankees or to the Mets. A draft for president is not conceivable. Mario Cuomo Read Quote
People like Pete Peterson, the former secretary of commerce and Blackstone and titan of Wall Street, etc., has been writing books for years about the debt and deficit. Mario Cuomo Read Quote
In ’86 or ’87, the welfare lists were at the lowest level in 17 years. Why? Because the economy was the best it was in 17 years. There were jobs. Mario Cuomo Read Quote
