Jim Ryan Quotations

We really feel we need some added capability in the mayor's office above and beyond communications,

We held out as long as we could. In order to get the gates up and running for the airport's regular schedule of flights, we had to take the command center down. Everything is still there at the airport and can be reassembled in a very short time if a flight does come to Rockford.

When the hard times come, you don't make as much money, when the good times come you make quite a bit,

She was really thorough and dedicated to the community.

I got into design in my freshman year but I'm also interested in architecture.

I have been in this education business for more than 35 years now. I know firsthand that teaching is more than just a job - it is a true vocation - a calling that requires dedication and daily sacrifice,

I expect there will be a significant increase in people using browser services,

Hamilton-Wenham is currently collecting data to develop strategies, and Lynn has a whole study done up on risk factors along with protective factors and building strong neighborhoods. Many communities are forming coalitions trying to get parents engaged in the issue and building communication so they can be mentors in the situation.

John has done a great job for the city, and we wish him all the best in the future.

I said to the kids, 'This game doesn't make the season if we win, and it doesn't break it if we lose,' ... The district games are the ones that determine making state, but it is a building block.

On the URL bar, there is an arrow on the right-hand side and there is a list of the addresses that the children have searched.

OPTIMAL PLACE. We're judging its success and determining whether it will be included in our broader music offerings.

When the child is still missing, you treat everybody as a suspect,

When students enrolled, they often found overcrowded classrooms, unprepared instructors and few computers, books or other necessary materials,

We are demystifying the relationship between consumers and online services,

We don't have a way to get the word out if a bus goes down.

We are opening these shelters for residents who are apprehensive of their homes flooding or concerned about power outages and are medically dependent on electrical equipment, ... With the sensitivity to the recent flooding in the Gulf coast states, we are taking a very pro-active, cautious approach with this storm.

We pretty much cleared the benches by early in the third quarter. We played a lot of kids, which was nice, ... I would say a large number of kids had two or more quarters. There were very few starters who had four quarters, and the only ones who did were kids who were filling in on a special team here or there in the fourth quarter.

We want to have enough services so that we can say yes to most people's musical interests.

We'll still be ready in case things change.

We will continue to monitor the storm. If (the storm) appears to be turning toward Volusia County or if it . . . makes a loop and heads back toward us in a few days, we're prepared to act quickly and initiate our plans.

This was a hard storm because it was a weekend and everybody was home. It made the residential plowing more difficult.

Under this settlement, AOL must notify consumers in advance whenever there is a price increase or substantial service change. The notification must be clear and direct. The goal is to make sure that consumers know all the facts so they can make informed choices,

We got a great response. People really love those old Simon & Garfunkel and Neil Diamond songs that we don't get to play very often on Lite.

We fumbled a snap and gave them a short field and I know we missed a block and a lineman came clear through and hit our quarterback and we fumbled, ... That's an area that we strongly emphasize, is playing keep possession of the ball. We don't care if it's a fifth-string backup or a starter, we're not big fans of a turnover.

We expect Microsoft's commitment will accelerate deployment of many services that carriers see as important for the next generation of wireless communications. Microsoft's digital media expertise, applied to wireless in a way that focuses on the needs of the carriers, is a very positive step for our industry and consumers alike.

Email and instant messaging are the 'killer apps' of the Internet. Now we are enabling over 10 million of our existing customers to get to their existing email and IM services through a set of easy-to-use clients.

The symptoms are pretty similar to flu in humans, ... You're going to have cough, runny nose, lethargy, fever.

Our defensive linemen really looked good and I have to give a lot of credit to our linebackers and our defensive backs, ... Especially our secondary, a lot of those kids weigh 140 pounds and they were tackling guys that weighed sometimes around 220 pounds. And they weren't getting dragged, they came out and popped them.

That was a big help to us, because if we don't get that call we're punting, ... The thing that made me happy is that we got a second chance and we took advantage of that. We were in a bad situation to be in a third-and-six, but other than that we had a big pass play and a couple of big runs and got things going well.

You're the only Jewish guy I know who pays full-price.

This is a new challenge. We'll need to have people absolutely aware of the need to heed evacuation orders.

They were converted to a larger-size tank but they just can't get it right. All of a sudden it starts cutting out.

They had a bad snap in the shotgun and we were able to tackle him in the end zone when he was recovering the ball,

As we roll out our high-speed UMTS/HSDPA network, we'll be able to deliver a host of compelling new mobile multimedia services,

As we continue to expand our business in the UK market it is important that we enter into strategic partnerships with licensees that have a presence in the market. UK-based AVA Leisure is able to leverage its customer base to our poker network with their background in the arcade arena. We believe the tie in to poker will be a natural.

About the only thing that you can do is have parent supervision; they have to do it and look at it. On the Internet, there is unlimited access to where children can go. At the libraries, there is some restriction, but at home it's limitless.

It was run out of the wrong formation, ... And we have to improve our blocking technique. We didn't block too well anywhere. We just need to improve on offense and fix the little things we did wrong.

It's a blessing if school starts after Labor Day because it gives us more time to complete summer building projects,

It's easy to be prepared for a big game, ... They get excited for it. We didn't know if our schemes and our strategies were going to hold up, but we believed they would.

I have no doubt in my mind that the transition will be seamless.

I'm at the grandparent stage I have two grandkids that come over a lot, and they use my computer. I make it a point to monitor where they go and we have the computer where they can be monitored easily.

In some cases, I have heard that the parents replace the computer from a bedroom to an open area like a family room. The children might be less susceptible if they knew that the parents were nearby and could walk by at any time.

If I had a kid that was on it all night long, I would certainly be interested what he was looking at. Also, if he did to the exclusion of other activities, that would be a sure sign. In other words, something that borders on an obsession.