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" We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense. "

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" I'm not afraid to spend money on the R&D that's really going to move us to a cleaner energy source that I think is so much the answer to the issues of environmental responsibility and climate change. "

" How we move forward with a level of R&D support that will be meaningful allows us to really build on and enhance our energy opportunities in this country. "

" We don't have time as a nation to spend all of what we do blocking. "

" I was returned to the Senate by the people of Alaska, and I have an obligation to all of them - it's not an obligation to my party; it's an obligation to Alaskans. "

" Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology nor ocean currents will respect our national boundaries. "

" The war against terrorism is one we must win. "

" I think there are a lot of outside interests that would like to see Sarah Palin in some form of elected office. Most in Alaska recognize our former governor is really not involved in or engaged in the state anymore, that she's moved to other interests. "

" What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission? "

" I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone by for centuries by Alaskans than a man who never set foot in our state. This is the tallest mountain in North America, and we deserve to have this Alaskan landmark bear an Alaskan name. "

" 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. "

" I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job. "

" I've been working to make sure that we've got adequate transportation. I've been working to make sure that we can afford energy within our villages and in our communities. "

" I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less. "

" I'm all about accessing our resources; I'm all about those jobs. But I want to make sure I'm not expensing one for the other. "

" You shouldn't say, 'Well, we cannot go there,' before we even had the conversation. "

" I am not one of those who wants Obama to fail. If he does well, that means the country's doing well. "

" We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum. "

" What I look at is, do you represent the values of the state of Alaska? Do you represent the people here in terms of what it is that they need, they hope for, what they hope for their future? And Joe Miller simply does not represent that. "

" I am not looking for a pound of flesh from Sally Jewell. "

" I still wear my write-in wristband. It used to be plastic, but my husband turned it into gold. "

" I look at my cell phone to see what time it is where I am, and then you behave accordingly. If people are eating, it must be time to eat. "

" I have nice watches. I don't set them. "

" What people unfortunately relate to when they think of Alaska oil was when the Exxon Valdez went aground because of a captain that was drunk. But when you look to how we have been safely producing and moving Alaska's oil for decades, it is a track record that is enviable. "

" I look at what we have - our traditional natural resource base - as helping move us to that cleaner, more diverse energy supply. "

" We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's good for two years. Then Congress argues and bickers over whether or not we're going to extend it. As a consequence, nothing happens because we've put so much uncertainty into the prospect of these subsidies. "

" There are times when you need to pitch a fit and other times when you need to apply Catholic guilt, and it's just figuring out which is the most appropriate approach and then implementing it. "

" I'm not a quitter - never have been. "

" One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority. "

" People think that every day we pass monumental legislation. Oftentimes, the most important thing that you have done that day is help a family with a visa. "

" We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate. "