Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine.

All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine.

Our goal is to make Maine the healthiest state in the nation and reduce our overall health care costs.

Just as the Red Sox proved the critics wrong, Maine can compete and can win.

Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why all of us are here serving our state and our people.

Why go somewhere else and start up all over again?

I seek the city because there is nothing sweeter than not being alone in your loneliness.

Man needs air, man needs water, man needs food and man needs adventure also! Adventure is a medicine for the infinite boredom.

Relationships are where we humans get our greatest education.

If you seek revenge, it means you're scared or you feel guilty for what happened in some way. It's okay to be angry with someone, but don't think about revenge. It's like a disease that eats you up.

I express things through characters because I have a fear that my own voice is irritating because that's been said to me.

The Olympic movement simply cannot allow the Russians to become estranged, because Russia is a vital part of the world sports community, in the sense of having nuclear missiles.

It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media.

Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation.

The only way to combat failure is to see it as an opportunity to improve your direction.