Christine Quinn

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger. ”

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. ”

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you. ”

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes. ”

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. ”

I'm a lesbian. Yup. Hundred percent. Hundred percent. I remember being in college, and I had fallen in love with this woman, and I remember sitting in my dorm room saying out loud to myself, like, 'You have enough problems. You are not gonna let this happen.' You just kinda, like, stuff it away until - well, some people stuff it away forever. ”

I'm a lesbian. Yup. Hundred percent. Hundred percent. I remember being in college, and I had fallen in love with this woman, and I remember sitting in my dorm room saying out loud to myself, like, 'You have enough problems. You are not gonna let this happen.' ”

When I end up yelling, it's not really deliberate. It's usually out of some moment of passion or frustration or real desire to get unstuck. ”

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice. ”

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. ”