When I was running for speaker, people would go out of their way to point out why I wasn't going to win: 'You're a woman, you're too liberal, you're gay, you're from the West Side of Manhattan,' which in that context was an insult. Christine Quinn contextgayinsult share on social
New Yorkers have real issues, and they deserve to have a mayor that is prepared to work with them to solve the challenges they have, reduce the problems that they have, and they deserve to have a mayor's race that is focused on them. Christine Quinn challengedeservefocus share on social
There's not a lot of conversation going on in my world about softening my image. I'm pretty much who I am. Christine Quinn conversationimagelot Change image and share on social
I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy. I think we have something like 40,000 small businesses that are immigrant-run in New York. Christine Quinn 000businesscity share on social
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. Christine Quinn agreebillblasio share on social
My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard. Christine Quinn cleareffectivehear Change image and share on social
I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable. Christine Quinn bighopelovable Change image and share on social
My mother would organize huge parties for my elementary school classmates. To prepare, she would go back to the bakery in her old neighborhood of Inwood and get special shamrock cookies. Hawaiian Punch was served and we had shamrock napkins. It was a lot of fun. Christine Quinn backbakeryclassmate share on social
I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. But we only have so much brain capacity, so if I'm spending part of my brain thinking about how I'm acting, A, I'm not spending all of my brain doing, and B, I'm not actually in that moment. Christine Quinn actbraincapacity share on social
The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on. Christine Quinn biographycarvercurie share on social