I try to not think too much about how stuff gets seen as it’s being done by a woman. Because if you think about it, then you end up thinking about how you’re acting, and if you are thinking about how you’re acting, then you are preoccupied and you’re going to end up being insincere. You’re kind of not present. Christine Quinn Read Quote
When you stand up there and do a press conference, it’s a very preoccupied moment. You’re standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it’s not so easy to be at ease. Christine Quinn Read Quote
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. Christine Quinn Read Quote
You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to ‘lean in,’ well, do that. Christine Quinn Read Quote
There will be a moment in life, whether you’re forceful or not, where someone will label you something that is negative. Christine Quinn Read Quote
At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to. Christine Quinn Read Quote
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. Christine Quinn Read Quote
You don’t have to have all the answers all the time. But the best thing to know is what you don’t know. Christine Quinn Read Quote
Being an activist is about getting things done. It’s not about standing around shaking your fist in anger. Christine Quinn Read Quote
I know New Yorkers are gonna vote for a candidate – me – who has the longest record of delivering for them. They want a mayor who can deliver for them. And I’m the only one – I don’t care who gets in – who has that record. Christine Quinn Read Quote
