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

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.

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?

Finding a wife is easy

Why do I do it to myself? Why don't I get an ordinary job?

Problems can be experienced as... a chance for renewal rather than stress.

Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.

I used to like doing school plays.

Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get stage time, and so I would go out to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay.

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.

I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.

For man as an historical creature has desires of indeterminate dimensions.

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.