"There will be a moment in life, whether you're forceful or not, where someone will label you somethi..." — Christine Quinn

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.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I come as one package deal. An Irish lesbian who wakes up every day and goes to work. And I don't spend a lot of time thinking about being 'the first this' or 'the first that' because it would take up space in my brain.

To get things done, you have to get people together.