Matt Ryan Quotes

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high.

Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

We were trained to live by our wits, in any circumstance.

No crisis has proved too great for American ability, ingenuity, and courage.

If you're good at what you do regardless of what is thrown in front of you, you will make it work.

You can put me in a cage, on a ladder, in any kind of match, and I will persevere. I will find a way.

I showed that I can not get frustrated, that I could come from behind, that I can trade, if need-be.

It's amazing how resourceful you can become when you're in the middle of the ocean and there's only one way to get to the other side.

It is wonderful what you can do when you have to.

I have taken to living by my wits.

Competence means keeping your head in a crisis, sticking with a task even when it seems hopeless, and improvising good solutions to tough problems when every second counts. It encompasses ingenuity, determination and being prepared for anything.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

The determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object lessons.

The best lesson my mom taught me was how to be scrappy.

I was interested in a lot of subjects from very early on. And that's uniquely Chicano because every Chicano I knew always had three jobs.

America has always fascinated me; it's a country where you can make it from one side to the other with no money, by hook or by crook.

Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.

Not everyone has the survival skills of William Jefferson Clinton.

I have to be tough in my work environment and tough in the world.

But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere.

If you play dead often enough, you've got a great will to live.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.