Susan Collins Quotes

I have a message for president snow, you can bomb us but if we burn, you burn with us!

If you don't know what you want, you'll probably get what somebody else wants.

Many communities throughout the nation still do not have the communications infrastructure in place for first responders to communicate with one another during an emergency.

Success is completion. Success is being able to complete what we set out to do - each individual action, each specific step, each desired experience whether a big project or a very small errand.

One common behavior of late Stage 3 [in the process of a company's decline] is when those in power blame other people or external factors- or otherwise explain away the data- rather than confront the frightening reality that the enterprise may be in serious trouble.

Getting a project started is like moving a ship. It takes a lot of energy to build up momentum.

I do not want to impose additional taxes on the employers at a time when our economy is very fragile and we want to encourage them to hire.

Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.

An expert is anyone who can already do what we want to do.

Loving isn't liking and it takes liking to live together.

Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also imposed a heavy burden on employers - both public and private - who are struggling to provide affordable health insurance coverage to their workers.

Well, first let me say that I think health care reform is important. It has to be a priority. And our system is broken. The Finance Committee bill is the best effort yet, due in large measure to the efforts of my colleague, Olympia Snowe, but it's not there yet. It falls short.

Let the games begin!

It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following childbirth.

When we're impatient with beginners around us, we would do well to sign up for a class in scuba diving, ballroom dancing or anything else totally brand-new for us.

We can never fully repay the debt of our proud nation to those who have laid down their lives for our country. The best we can do is honor their memory, ensure that their sacrifice is not in vain, and help provide for their families.

Our first responsibility as a leader is to create an attractive dream, to proclaim a destination, communicating it in detail to others who might be interested in joining our expedition.

don't expect us to be too impressed, we just saw Finnik Odair in his underwear!

Our success multiplies each time we lead someone else to success.

Leaders are visionaries. They see the outcome. Leaders are communicators. They tell us what they're seeing. They hold the dream, letting us feel that it's possible. Our minds open up to what they show us could be. We dream with them. We get excited with them, drawing on all our abilities to create the future.

I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous.

and here the daises guard you from every harm

What I find is with all due deference to - deference to our male colleagues, that women's styles tend to be more collaborative.