Muskie's Quotes

#1. You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.

Edmund S. Muskie

#2. In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.

Edmund S. Muskie

#3. It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.

Edmund S. Muskie

#4. Ren? I begged. Please don't leave me.
You are in my heart. Always. His warm voice whispered softly and then faded away.

Colleen Houck

#5. The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on. Ask President Ed Muskie how it worked out to be the front-runner. Ask President Howard Dean how it worked out.

Brian Schweitzer

#6. When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.

Fionnula Flanagan

#7. I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.

George J. Mitchell

#8. We have ignored this cancer for so long that the romance of environmental concern is already fading in the shadow of the grim realities of lakes, rivers and bays where all forms of life have been smothered by untreated wastes, and oceans which no longer provide us with food.

Edmund Muskie

#9. Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot before there was a final nominee.

Michael Beschloss

#10. I've never been a fast writer.

George R R Martin

#11. In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.

Edmund Muskie

#12. Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.

Edmund S. Muskie

#13. Consensus is something you have if you cannot have agreement.

Forbes Burnham