"No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City." ― Michael Bloomberg Topic(s): Experience More From Michael Bloomberg "I’m trying to change the culture in New York City; that’s hard enough!" "Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?" "Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can’t control." More In Experience "Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business."― Tom Bosley "The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it’s true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres."― Peter Hammill "I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings."― Haile Gebrselassie