Maine Quotes

When I go to a bar, I don't go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.
David Brenner

Girl, Looking, Knows

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.
John Baldacci

History, Experience, Here

I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
Parker Stevenson

Find, Dark, Along

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.
John Baldacci

Education, Two, Treat

In Maine, there is a deeply ingrained sense that you can always get a little more use out of something.
Tim Sample

Sense, Deeply, Ingrained

There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.
Tom Colicchio

Food, Down, Revolution

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.
John Sexton

Beautiful, Moving, Trying

I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.
Tom Allen

Die, Able, Often

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.
Tom Allen

Country, Rest, Land

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people.
Tom Allen

Help, Long, May

Winter in Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.
Tom Allen

Time, Rest, Winter

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship it should have.
Tom Allen

Winter, Welcome, Worship

Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.
Hope Davis

Family, Car, Husband

E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.
Nicholson Baker

Best, Read, Sure

When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I just wanted to do the work and get on with it.
Patrick Dempsey

Work, Working, Wanted

I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that.
Patrick Dempsey

Together, Play, Put

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.
Patrick Dempsey

Life, Important, Thought

I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
Terry Goodkind

Felt, Cosmos, Misplaced

I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to write for years, but I had to be ready so I wouldn't blow it. The move to Maine was the final step.
Terry Goodkind

Live, Long, Wanted

So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married.
George J. Mitchell

Mother, Father, Him

I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.
George J. Mitchell

Judge, Three, United

I was born and raised in a small town in Maine, Waterville. I enjoyed living there - still do - and my goal in life was a fairly specific and focused one of practicing law in Maine.
George J. Mitchell

Life, Law, Small

I went to this very disorganized Jewish summer camp in Maine called Camp Modin.
David Wain

Summer, Jewish, Camp

The people of Maine were tired of being in debt and tired of being overtaxed.
Paul LePage

In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine.
Stephen Cole Kleene

Family, Fall, Farm

Taking the time to read to children is not only a worthwhile investment but also a wonderful experience. I have visited 119 schools in Maine, and these visits are among the most rewarding experiences in my career in public service.
Susan Collins

Time, Experience, Children

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

Win, Wrong, Red

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

Health, Care, Goal

The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy.
John Baldacci

American, Economic, Priority

I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don't want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families.
John Baldacci

Respect, Young, Able

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