Christine Quinn Quotes

The Governor is not one who opposes swapping horses while crossing a stream. He will change a horse for a mule, a mule for a goat, and a goat for a shoat. If there is a mane or tail to which to cling, Franklin D. Roosevelt will not scorn to take hold so long as the beast is traveling in his direction.

If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.

I have started that which the country will not willingly let die.

Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no,' then I find another way to get my 'yes.' But I'm a loyal person.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

I will not take 'but' for an answer.

I think what I learned is that just because somebody says you can't talk to them or just because somebody says they don't have an answer for you, you don't stop.

Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.

Politics is a lot like sex - if you want something, you have to ask for it, if they're not doing it right you've got to speak up and show them and if you still don't get what you want, then there is nothing wrong with doing it yourself.

I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.

You have to fight for what you need to fight for.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

One has to resign oneself to being a nuisance if one wants to get anything done.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

A good agent will sometimes need to be a scrapper, and that's the one you want.

I'm really incredibly stubborn - you can ask my ex-husband. I think when you tell me 'no', if it's something I really want, I'm just going to push harder.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I've had to whine for everything I've ever really wanted.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm not surprised that Barbara managed to get collect calls through.

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.

If I don't ask for something, I'm not going to get it.

It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.