Tina Smith Quotes

Tina Smith

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 4, 1958

I'm wary when legislators say the solution to school shootings is mental health care, because it suggests that people who are mentally ill are violent, and that's just not true.

Tina Smith

With mental health, it's not like there's a box where you're healthy and another box where you've got a mental illness. You try to stay at the healthy end of the continuum, and watch as you move, and I've been able to do that.

Tina Smith

I ask myself: What do I need to do to stay healthy? And I do that all the time. And it's stuff like meditation, making sure I get good exercise, all the things we know.

Tina Smith

Do not underestimate me. I believe that as a woman, a progressive, and a Minnesotan, I have a lot to contribute and I am so ready to do that work.

Tina Smith

When women are empowered to contribute more fully, we all benefit.

Tina Smith

I don't have a horror story to share like the ones we have heard from so many women in the #MeToo movement... But when you really listen to women, you begin to understand the million little ways in which all women are made less and denied the opportunity to contribute to their communities and their country.

Tina Smith

Senator Franken was a strong voice for Minnesota and I'm also a strong voice for Minnesota.

Tina Smith

I've learned in my life that I have to focus on the things that I can control and what I can control is what comes out of my mouth and how I respond to people.

Tina Smith

It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health.

Tina Smith

Anybody who knows the voters of Minnesota knows that they can't be told what to do.

Tina Smith