#mm

We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#broken #dependency #education #feet #foster

When it comes to jobs, President Obama makes the Jimmy Carter years look like good old days. If we fired Jimmy Carter then, why would we rehire Barack Obama now? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#barack obama #carter #comes #days #fired

President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, 'I haven't communicated enough.' He said his job is to 'tell a story to the American people' - as if that's the whole problem here? He needs to talk more, and we need to be better listeners? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#american #american people #any #asked #better

What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#fiscal #heard #leadership #our #political

And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays. ↗

— Mark Rylance

#beautiful #common #common man #education #idea

While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#beginning #commonsense #deficit #deficit reduction #direction

The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#america #become #citizen #each #fundamental

I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#cake #did #drawers #full #going

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who actually credit the book with helping them through a bad time. It's happened a few times in forty years. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#appreciate #bad #bad time #book #books

Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#actions #almost #america #authority #aware