Maine Quotes

I am breathing deep. There's nothing quite like carrying a bag of goodies up to northern Maine ... and realizing that it could change a life.

Eastern Maine Electric was the first utility in the state to use widespread automated meter reading. The Turtle meter reading system was funded by research dollars from co-ops like EMEC. Now it's also used by investor-owned utilities like Maine Public Service as well. By improving a utility's efficiency, this technology saves energy users money.

I've been here four years, I'm well aware of all the losses we've had to Maine. Feels very good.

We thought about playing at Southern Maine Community College, but that didn't work out. We also couldn't play against a city rival in our small gym at the school, so we decided to just flip-flop our home and away games.

Maine must act now and in the future if the state is to emerge as a leader in this area.

In the 1990s Maine had one of the highest youth smoking rates in the country among teenagers - and between 1997 and 2005 it declined almost 60 percent.

The Maine hospitality and this regatta couldn't be better.

Contrary to what you hear in Maine, Colorado government and Colorado people have not suffered under TABOR. They have thrived under TABOR.

The Maine Legislature created this problem in the first place by allowing the practice of forcing workers to pay dues to an unwanted union or be fired from their jobs.

We're involving the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and health and mental health officials so we can help parents or others who may not know they have a problem, those who think they have a problem but aren't sure and those who have a problem but don't know where to go.

We need more opiate clinics, period. Methadone is already highly regulated in Maine. Adding more regulations will increase the cost of providing care without increasing the benefits.

That's the time of the year Maine hockey really steps up. This is when good teams step up. We thrive off that.

I think down the stretch here we have been playing our best hockey. That's kind of a trademark for Maine hockey. That's what the tradition does here. We play our best down the stretch.

Maine has the highest rate of childhood asthma in the country. The good news is that Maine is ahead of the pack cleaning up its school buses. They are a model for New England.

Until we know for sure this is an area where Maine can really help, we aren't making a decision.

This program is a broad examination of the natural history of the Maine Coast.

This is consistent with the psyche of Maine. We all feel so overwhelmed by these government entities and in the process we?re so awful small. This gives us a chance.

I read something a while ago that back in 1920s there were 5,000 schools buildings in Maine, and now we have 700. This is not a problem just surfacing now. It's something towns have had to deal with for many years.

It was really disappointing, after Mike scored that goal I really thought this is Maine hockey, we're coming back. It just broke our leg. Down by two it's a totally different game.

For years, we didn't have professional-based sports. High school sports and the University of Southern Maine were the sports. Frank did a great job of sharing the importance of high school sports.

Maine has shown the huge value of using a laptop across all of one's studies. Maine's program demonstrates how laptops can serve as a window into the world and a tool with which to think.

No matter if you are a Democrat, a Republican or an independent, people in Maine love land conservation. Maine has been a leader in this.

Everybody's trying to get their little piece. The losers are the people of the state of Maine.

Every week, we were off to a different destination. You could have Maine blueberries and Vermont maple syrup in a New England-themed salad one week, or a Dublin Coddle soup the next.

These arrests are the result of the continued great cooperation we get working with the Maine Warden Service.