Quotes About Ryan White

#1. He [Ryan White] had a kind of angelic aura about him. And his family, too, it's like, they are going through all this suffering, and I'm living this "Life of Riley" and I'm complaining about everything, and they are living this horrific life and complaining about nothing.

Elton John

#2. My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.

Ryan White

#3. He [Ryan white] spoke to me that my life was out of order. My life was a mess. I had no values anymore. And he was so stoic with his infection. He wasn't bitter. He wasn't angry. He just was a kid. He wanted to go to school and play football, drive his car. And he had no bitterness about him.

Elton John

#4. The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story.

Ryan White

#5. As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.

Corrine Brown

#6. The Ryan White Care Act provides money for community-based counseling centers. While that may sound noble and compassionate, we know from experience that "AIDS education" becomes a platform for the homosexual community to recruit adolescents and lure teens into a self-destructive sexual lifestyle.

Christine O'Donnell

#7. My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's.

Ryan White

#8. Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.

Ryan White

#9. A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.

Ryan White

#10. Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.

Ryan White

#11. People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.

Ryan White

#12. a White breathing fire on a group of Spoiled kneeling in obvious supplication. An egg bathed in fire and cracking open to reveal the screaming infant Black inside, the flames fading to reveal an old man in a robe staring down at the fledgling drake with the expression of a proud father.

Anthony Ryan

#13. I actually don't feel the years passing, although the younger players make sure to remind me of my age. If there's a clip of Bobby Charlton playing or a game's in black and white they'll ask: Were you playing in that Giggsy?

Ryan Giggs

#14. Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.

Ryan White

#15. Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.

Ryan White

#16. To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.

Ryan Phillippe

#17. I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital,

Ryan White

#18. The world I live in is not all white people, not all straight people, and it's not all people who have their acts together, either.

Catherine Ryan Hyde

#19. I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.

Ryan White

#20. My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

Ryan Phillippe

#21. I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.

Ryan White

#22. On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.

Ryan White

#23. Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.

Ryan White

#24. I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.

Ryan White

#25. It's the most beautiful thing in the world." he says, "I just ... " He pauses and looks back into the fire. "I just kept walking. Wrapped in this white nothingness.

Carrie Ryan

#26. How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?

Ryan White

#27. If Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan get elected to the White House, Medicare will be bankrupt by the end of their first term.

Stephanie Cutter

#28. Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.

Ryan White

#29. He has a way of talking up into down and black into white.

Kendall Ryan

#30. My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.

Ryan White

#31. We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone.

Ryan White

#32. I wondered if a white person could ever comment on the minority experience and get it right.

Catherine Ryan Hyde

#33. AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

Ryan White

#34. Who sent you?" O'Ryan asked. "What was your purpose here?"
"To ... to tell you ... " The words didn't sound nearly as furious coming out of my mouth as they did in my head. The camp controller leaned forward, eyes narrowing into slits. "To go ... fuck yourself.

Alexandra Bracken

#35. The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.

Ryan White

#36. Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.

Ryan White

#37. The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.

Ryan White

#38. This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.

Ryan White

#39. Even at church, people would not shake my hand.

Ryan White

#40. We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.

Ryan White

#41. Unfortunately, I don't look as Latin as I am. I get called a white guy a lot, but I am very proud of my heritage. I try my hardest to bring honor to my Mexican roots. Latin people are very passionate and loyal, and I will always remember who I am and where I come from.

Ryan Guzman

#42. What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?

Paul Ryan

#43. Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.

Ryan White

#44. Trust isn't a black and white thing ... Everyone has the capacity to let you down at one time or another ... [but] if you can't trust, you can't love (pg. 215).

Amy Kathleen Ryan

#45. Bernadette never went to Mass; she was a fundamentalist Christian. Mother often said she only used religion as a framework for her craziness. She could just as easily have been a Muslim or a Buddhist or a white witch.

Donal Ryan

#46. I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.

Ryan White

#47. Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

Ryan White

#48. Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.

Ryan White

#49. I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.

Ryan White

#50. I grew up with white friends, Asian friends - Vietnamese, Chinese, Pacific Islanders. I had Hispanic friends, not just Mexican friends, but Guatemalan friends, Honduran friends, and we knew the difference, you know?

Ryan Coogler

#51. As Deng Xiaoping once said, "I don't care if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice." The Stoics had their own reminder: "Don't go expecting Plato's Republic." Because

Ryan Holiday