Murkowski Quotes & Sayings

I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job. — Lisa Murkowski

One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development. — Frank Murkowski

Alaska has great potential for new oil and gas development. — Frank Murkowski

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find. — Wilfrid Sheed

We've been helping you out in Alaska in considerable ways, and you're walking away from the responsibility, and we're not going to allow that. — Lisa Murkowski

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track. — Lisa Murkowski

We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum. — Lisa Murkowski

You can set off bells when you walk out of a drugstore or department store with a tagged item. — Frank Murkowski

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry. — Frank Murkowski

Growing up in a small Alaska town, domestic violence was that dirty little secret nobody talked about. We must start talking about it. For too long, we have been providing protection to the wrong people. — Lisa Murkowski

I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.' — Lisa Murkowski

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance. — Lisa Murkowski

We don't have a caucus, because we differ on so many views. Some of us are pro-choice, some are not. We'll take the issue of drilling, for example: Lisa Murkowski would want to drill in ANWAR, Maria Cantwell, Barbara Boxer, and most of us would say no, and so we don't. But we get together once a month for dinner, and we have three rules: no memos, no staff, and no leaks; and we get together for friendship. In fact, we're having a dinner tonight. We just have drinks and talk about life and times. — Barbara Mikulski

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks. — Frank Murkowski

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. — Alice Walker

There are many outsiders that actively try to halt every natural resource development project in Alaska. Many of these same people have never even been to Alaska, yet they claim to know what's best for us. — Lisa Murkowski

Nobody's perfect. Even the most successful people make serious mistakes. — Travis Bradberry

The war against terrorism is one we must win. — Lisa Murkowski

Planning is the essence of good management and when it comes to health care we must allow states to plan for future needs. We need to cement this federal commitment to Alaskans so the state has the assurance that money vital for providing Medicaid health care will not just dry up and disappear. — Lisa Murkowski

I'm excited about what I have to offer. Not only a little bit of youth, but a different perspective as a woman. — Lisa Murkowski

Cops are stupid. — Deyth Banger

Find Something Nobody Else Can Do Selection is critical. When you launch a venture, you have to be comfortable with the idea that this is what you're going to do for the rest of your professional life. It has to be awesome; it has to be ten times better than anything in the marketplace. Also, it can't just be better because nobody else is doing it currently. It has to be something that nobody other than you can do, especially once you're up to scale. Show — David Kidder

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter. — Lisa Murkowski

I was terrified and confused every day of my life until I started Nasty Gal, and for a good while after as well. — Sophia Amoruso