Christine Quinn Quotes
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I understand that not everyone agrees with my perspective on Ray Kelly. But what you gotta look at here is somebody like Bill de Blasio talking out of both sides of his mouth and trying to have it both ways on a really critical issue like stop-and-frisk.
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You don't have to have all the answers all the time. But the best thing to know is what you don't know.
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I think 'having it all' is a phrase I don't particularly like. You need to have what you want. 'All' seems to me to be an imposed list, an imposed definition by society of what 'all' is supposed to be.
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I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.
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I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.
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Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.
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I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.
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I'm tough, and you know what? New Yorkers deserve that. They work head, they fight it out, they slug it out. And they deserve a mayor or a speaker who's going to do the same.
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I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
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I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.
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I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.
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Bike lanes - I put that now in the category of things you shouldn't discuss at dinner parties, right? It used to be money and politics and religion. Now, in New York, you should add bike lanes.
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Sometimes I yell, sometimes I raise my voice. I am trying to do it less, because it's not always attractive. It's not always the right thing to do.
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I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.