Mary Cheney Quotes & Sayings

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado. — Mary Cheney

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment. — Mary Cheney

I had to admit I'd pretty much failed at the whole low-profile thing. — Mary Cheney

For the record, I love my sister. But she is dead wrong on the marriage issue. — Mary Cheney

Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention. — Mary Cheney

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised. — Mary Cheney

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was. — Mary Cheney

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay. — Mary Cheney

I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was. — Mary Cheney

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time. — Mary Cheney

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate. — Mary Cheney

In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers. — Mary Cheney

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born. — Mary Cheney

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought. — Mary Cheney

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth. — Mary Cheney

It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car. — Mary Cheney

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. — Mary Cheney

Early numbers are always wrong. — Mary Cheney

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much. — Mary Cheney

There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities. — Mary Cheney

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids. — Mary Cheney

Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything. — Mary Cheney

I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter. — Mary Cheney

I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy, — Mary Cheney