Quotes from Betsy Hodges

When we are all together, we will have a future that is far greater than whatever we could do separate from one another.

I am very aware that I married up, and I'm lucky for it every day.

Rightly or wrongly, as a woman in politics, you're being judged for what you're wearing, and people are paying attention to that more than they do with men.

Politics is challenging for everyone's integrity... I have to wake up with myself every morning, and I have to be OK with the person I wake up with. If I string together too many days of waking up with a person I'm not happy to be, I have a lot bigger things at stake in my life than an election or a job.

Since I'm a Minnesotan, that bragging thing is a little hard.

I don't have cable. I don't have a DVR.

As mayor, I'm charged with a big-picture agenda.

I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.

The world has a truly historic pope in Francis.

A tailor is a person's best friend as far as I'm concerned, because you can take things that fit OK or look OK, and if you get them tailored, they can be fabulous.

I lift weights. It's one of the reasons I get up so early.

I pray and meditate first thing in the morning.

Done right, precision can help clarify, plus it's fun.

As mayor in an executive position, I have to dress more like an executive, which has been delightful.

How we live our lives in the Western world has impacts on the rest of the world.

Prince was a child of our city, and his love of his hometown permeated many of his songs. Our pride in his accomplishments permeates our love of Minneapolis.

Too often when we talk about racial or economic justice, we white people do not see ourselves in the picture. We feel like it's all well and good for other people to do better, but not at our expense, and it won't benefit us.

What does it mean to have a mayor who has an organizing background? It means I have allies and partners on whom I can call for advice - and that are also holding my feet to the fire already.

As we are pursuing economic growth and economic development, we have to make sure it happens with and by and for everyone. That everyone gets opportunity.

Being deliberate in decisionmaking isn't always flashy, but it does get results.

Physical development fosters learning.

Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports.

My mother's first career was physical therapy, her second was writer, and her third career was president of an organic fertilizer company. And she's driven a tank.

What's not fascinating about 'Wonder Woman?' She's powerful. She's strong. She gets her strength from other women. She kicks butt in the world. You know, she's bulletproof, which is appealing. But she also has the Lasso of Truth. That's the thing I would want most, that Lasso of Truth. Because in politics, it would be very handy.