Tim Ryan Quotations

And I believe that if we can care about whether or not our neighbor has a good job or access to affordable health care for their children, and we move to implement the policies that can improve these situations, we will unleash vast amounts of human potential and recapture the American spirit.

I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other.

It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder.

I just find Bobby Kennedy's short campaign for president so inspiring because his rhetoric identified what America can be like if we care about each other.

Obviously, I have certain policy positions that I push and advocate for that would benefit people dealing in a system that breeds inequality and makes life more difficult for people.

While the political debate over abortion will continue for a very long time, the federal government can and should be doing more to support programs and services that provide women with better options.

We are getting our clock cleaned by China.

We are getting beat up. We look like Rocky Balboa at the end of Rocky I.

Throughout our history, brave men and women have answered the call to defend and protect our democracy.

This program has become a true community event and a great example of teamwork both on the ice and among our partners in education.

Luis does all the things that enables your team to be successful.

Many of the businesses, large and small, that were operating in New Orleans on Aug. 28 are not going to be here anymore, ... If we were to measure the New Orleans economy now, it would make everybody sick.

So it is important for us to remember where this all started. And now, today, several years later, we have 19,000 troops in Afghanistan, and 140,000 troops in Iraq. We have forgotten and taken our eye off the ball.

Right now currency manipulation is not seen as an export subsidy, and it should be just as much as subsidy slave labor or anything else.

But what we're really concerned with is the fact that we're losing our defense industrial base.

I make no apologies for getting federal money for one of the most economically depressed areas in the country.

I don't think it's just him, I think it's every player coming out of high school. I think the intensity level is something they're just not used to coming out of high school.

He's been unstoppable all year. He's our horse, and we ride him.

I think we were a little timid to start the game. We had some trouble getting into our stuff.

It is like there are only certain kids that can get into the sandbox, and if you are not born to the right gene pool or you are not born in the right hospital or in the right neighborhood or belong to the right church, somehow you do not get to play.

I think they think that it's not over yet. We want to go on and fight for the state championship now. Although today was something they really wanted, it's not the end.

Our government must celebrate, honor, and remember these faithful men and women through its actions.

I think he's the kind of player we get a chance to sign out of this area every seven or eight years.

We can provide incentives for people to graduate in math and science and engineering and the different kind of technological industries that we need them to graduate in.

We have suffered unlike any other State, I think in the country, as far as job loss goes.

We must move forward on a bipartisan basis to expand access to affordable, quality and reliable health coverage for America's families.

We need to be able to at the very least supply our own military.

There are a lot of problems here that we cannot fix. There are some problems that you hope, you say your prayers at night that the problems get fixed.

There are not many Americans that want to move to China. There just are not that many.

The only thing that we can do is invest in education in the United States of America, and we have not done it.

But quite frankly, I was not elected in China. I was elected in the United States of America.

Those unskilled recovery and cleanup jobs will go away in a month or two. And more people will move back, pushing up the supply of workers.

To get there, you've got to beat the best. Without a doubt, they're one of the best.

This year, as a nation, our resolve must be to let their service renew our mission to build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

We're disappointed right now. But I think these kids should be very proud. I can't ask more than what they've done.

And whether one always agreed with this Pope or not, regardless of the political pressure that was being put from certain quarters in certain interest groups on certain countries, the Pope was always very consistent.

Emma is just as fiery, and determined to destroy Vienna and take over the town - even if she has to destroy it.

The script doesn't spoof the movie entirely. It just walks a really fine line where they're playing that style to the hilt, so some of it is quite funny.

The threat when people do not move along with everyone else is, the whole system collapses.

Some people seem to think, from watching CNN reports from the French Quarter, that everything's back to normal. Others seem to think the city is completely closed and nonfunctional. ... It does seem to be the extremes as opposed to what really is happening.

The music is somewhat outrageous and grows bigger and bigger. The last number, in which there's bad blood between Vienna and Emma, is a big rousing kind of song by everyone.

The one statistic that former Secretary Reich shared with us last week was that one in five of the jobs in the United States of America that were lost have been lost in the State of Ohio.

(Speight) was great with the ball. We needed the ball in his hands. I thought we executed what we were trying to do, and we hit some shots.

And the answer that we always have come up with in this country is to make sure everybody is educated, that everybody has health care, that everybody has a shot.

That takes a lot of energy when you're down, to come back. They had the energy at the end. We didn't have it.

You may not finish the same, but you should start the same at the beginning.

You need an exit strategy. You need a game plan. And we have not been able to do it in Iraq, and we have not been able to do it in Afghanistan.

This is an unusual situation and the provision is in there for just this circumstance. It would be wise for the president to utilize it.

This creates a love of learning. We need to develop a love of learning in general ... that will help us be a competitive country.

They understand that they've got to come to play. Without coming to play, they can lose to anybody.

There's an old basketball saying. You recruit offense; you teach guys how to play defense. Not saying anything about his defense - I'm saying that in general. I think his lateral movement is quick enough. That's what you look for.

As we remember our nation's bravest, let us live up to the ideals for which they fought and died, that we may be not just the beneficiaries of their bravery but stewards of their sacrifice.

It's a tough draw. They're a great team.

It's a risk-reward, cost-benefit analysis, when you think about it. Sometimes it bites him, sometimes he comes out on the winning end of things.

It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy.

It's a huge dance show that was conceived by Jerome Robbins, one of the great choreographers. It's a crazy, wonderful show, one of the great musical dance numbers.

It's very difficult for a small business to withstand months and months of no income. And big employers might not have the employees they need.

It's going to help me be informed with what I want to do and that's the most important thing, to be informed.

It's hard to imagine a major city growing and thriving without having universities. They will really give a breath of new life to the city.

The NRA and I do not agree on a lot of things, but it's refreshing and quite a surprise that the NRA has come up with a good idea.

Study after study has shown that community health centers improve our nation's health and provide quality medical assistance to our neediest populations, who otherwise would go without.

That goes all of the way back to what was the planning, what was the end game, what was the exit strategy for both of these wars?

Student loans being run by the banks. The banks are in on the deal now.

Oh no, no, no. There are no sacred cows.

So as we have this debate about the personal accounts, I think it is very important for us to recognize that diverting 4 percent of your Social Security taxes into this is never going to be enough for this to retire on.

The cool thing is that the gunfight at the end is between two women, Vienna and Emma.

I mean, if one really wants to empathize with the people who are suffering in our country, one does not go to the suburb.

I'm proud to be introducing a comprehensive and innovative plan that provides federal dollars to a wide-range of services and programs that will help families raise healthy children, prevent unwanted pregnancies, and, in turn, reduce the number of abortions.

In each instance, when we were talking about this, we were told that the high-wage jobs were going to stay here and that we were going to give the lower-paying jobs, the jobs that Americans did not want, we would let them go to China.

If you look at the suburbs, it's a boomtown. There's tremendous economic activity, but I don't think the world beyond New Orleans sees that. It's just not something the national press is reporting on.

In the short run there is a real critical problem, ... If you don't have housing you don't get the people back, and you are going to be limited in the number of businesses you will be able to open ... Right now businesses are not very encouraged, and we are hearing that message from the business community.

I held signs on the side of the road for him,

But I really think that this administration, very similar to the first President Bush's administration, has really gotten out of touch with average American families.

chefs with three Michelin stars were the culinary equivalent of the Beatles or Rolling Stones -- they were sorcerers.

Hopefully, nobody will be scared that it's a western, because the show is really a piece of very contemporary entertainment. It's fun, and I think audiences will love it.

He said, 'This is Tim Ryan's new congressional district,'

I caught the bug, ... I went down there and had a blast. Capitol Hill is a great place for a young person. I decided I wanted to go back after graduation.

I believe Paul Hackett is one such individual who, should he decide to run, would serve Ohio well in the U.S. Senate,

You can't understand it until you're in it: the demands, the time and the commitments.

The kids are doing a great job. They love it. It amazes me how much they just fall for these musicals. This one is 60 years old, but the kids find it as fresh and as exciting as anything today.

All I am saying is, we are trying to argue that if the system does not help everybody, the system is not working; and this system is not working.

The Chinese have a proud culture, as they should, as every country does in some capacity.

And as we began the war in Iraq, many, many, many months ago, we began to shift our focus from Afghanistan to Iraq.

Mindfulness is about finding ways to slow down and pay attention to the present moment-which improves performance and reduces stress. It’s about having the time and space to attend to what’s right in front of us, even though many other forces are trying to keep us stuck in the past or inviting us to fantasize or worry about the future. It’s about a natural quality each of us possesses, and which we can further develop in just a few minutes a day.

It is hard to look at the amount of damage in the two states and say it's equal, but the time to fight that battle is gone. Without Louisiana and Mississippi working together, Louisiana might have gotten a lot less than that. That's just the reality of politics.

I am a firm believer in the mission of the health centers, which offer cost-effective comprehensive primary and preventive services to at-risk people.

We were told that all this new high technology, all these new high-tech jobs that we were going to be creating here in the United States of America would stay here, so our people would benefit with the jobs and health care and everything else.

It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy.

We need to fund No Child Left Behind. We need to start at the beginning and we are not doing the job here in the United States of America.

Listen, were losing so much manufacturing, all over the United States.

Millions of working, uninsured Americans go to bed every night worrying what will happen to them and their families if a major illness or injury strikes.

It seems to me it would do us all good to act from our heart more often. We’ll be surprised how small acts of attention and kindness can release the energy, enthusiasm, and imagination bottled up in our overstressed minds and bodies.

From the War for Independence to today in Iraq and Afghanistan, I am inspired by the courage, professionalism and patriotism of our men and women in uniform.