Quote by Sherman Alexie

Seattle is this curious liberal island.

— Jonathan Raban

“Seattle is for people who love culture, but refuse to sacrifice their wild nature to attain it.”

— Kimberly Kinrade

Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners…

— Jonathan Raban

Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino,…

— Quincy Jones

“This is what Sweden is - quiet people leaning over the newspapers and coffee cups, each one with his own thoughts and destiny.”

— Henning Mankell

The north of Sweden is very socialist and poor. They feel left out and despise Stockholm in many ways because Stockholm has become new…

— Joel Kinnaman

Seattle is very similar to Minneapolis. I like the culture; I like the people. I raced a bike and won a national championship on…

— Greg LeMond

The richness of America is that we are diverse. We're not Sweden. We're not Norway. We are a great American experiment. And as soon…

— Cory Booker

Seattle has a special place in my heart.

— Kelsey Plum

“Is there a Swedish Modernism?”

— Cecilia Widenheim

I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.

— Gary Locke

“Living in Seattle is like being married to a beautiful woman who's sick all the time.”

— G.M. Ford