Alaskans Quotes

• No es que Alaska no sea una zona salvaje: la mayor parte lo es. Pero la mayoría de los habitantes de Alaska no viven en la naturaleza. Viven al borde de la naturaleza, en pueblos con escuelas, televisión por cable, tiendas, dentistas y, a veces, pistas de patinaje. Es como cualquier otro lugar, pero con montañas y alces.

  Tom Bodett

  Escuela, Alaska, Montaña

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• Walter, who had been in the lead all day, was the first to scramble up; a native Alaskan, he is the first human being to set foot upon the top of Alaska's great mountain, and he had well earned the lifelong distinction.

  Hudson Atascado

  Alaska, Feet, Mountain

  Hudson Stuck (1918). “The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley): A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America”

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• When you put four Alaskans into a room, you have five marriages, six divorces, and seven political parties.

  Dana Stabenow

  Party, Divorce, Political

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• We've got, not only the Alaskan pipeline is not being built, and that oil, Canada may decide to sell it to China, and we may lose that oil forever.

  Rafael Cruz

  Oil, Forever, Pipeline

  Fuente: www.buzzfeed.com

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• Every [Alaskan] has witnessed climate change over the past fifty years. Our winters are warmer, our summers are longer, and our Arctic Village shores, once protected by sea ice are eroding.

  Ray Metcalfe

  Summer, Winter, Past

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• I pride myself on never using a cuss word on stage. Ever. I headline in Las Vegas every year, and this summer I am performing on an Alaskan cruise. Not too many comedians can pull that off. Funny thing is, my show doesn't change for Vegas.

  Henry Cho

  Summer, Pride, Vegas

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• The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a seven-hundred-thousand-dollar study to see if Alaskan trees are polluting Oregon forests. You can tell Republicans are in power. Pollution? It's those damn trees.

  Jay Leno

  Oregon, Agency, Tree

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• 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

  Commitment, Essence, Dry Up

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• Alaskans are basically 'leave me alone' type people who respect and embrace different strokes.

  Bill O'Reilly

  People, Leave Me Alone, Different

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• A pound of Alaskan king crab legs and buffalo shrimp = happy Travie.

  Travie McCoy

  Kings, Shrimp, Legs

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• We New Yorkers see more death and violence than most soldiers do, grow a thick chitin on our backs, grimace like a rat and learn to do a disappearing act. Long ago we outgrew the need to be blowhards about our masculinity; we leave that to the Alaskans and Texans, who have more time for it.

  Edward Hoagland

  Long Ago, Soldier, Needs

  Edward Hoagland (1973). “Walking the Dead Diamond River”, Random House (NY)

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• My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

  Q'orianka Kilcher

  Father, Italian, Peruvians

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• And in the fountain squatted a giant crab. I’m not talking ‘giant’ like $7.99 all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab. I’m talking ‘giant’ like bigger than the fountain.

  Rick Riordan

  Kings, Talking, Giants

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• And Alaska - we're set up, unlike other states in the union, where it's collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs. It's to maximize benefits for Alaskans, not an individual company, not some multinational somewhere, but for Alaskans.

  Sarah Palin

  Alaska, Development, Benefits

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• Every morning, when Alaskans wake up, one of the first things they do, is look outside to see if there are any Russians hanging around. And if there are, you gotta go up to them and ask, 'What are you doing here?' and if they can't give you a good reason, it's our responsibility to say, you know, 'Shoo! Get back over there!'

  Tina Fey

  Morning, Responsibility, Giving

  "Tina Fey As Sarah Palin: Katie Couric SNL Skit". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2010.

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