I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.

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

The best thing to know is what you don't know.

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.

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.

I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.

I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.