I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed.

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.

If God had wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles.

Why build a zoo when we can just put up a fence around Chapel Hill?

White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

Such schemes take money from people who can least afford to spend it to support an unneeded bureaucracy that eats money people thought they were providing for education.

If you want to call me a bigot, fine.

All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious.

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.

We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.

Loving each other began with longing, weaving her loneliness into his.

Sometimes when we’re standing at the edge, we don’t need anyone to talk us down...we just need a push.

I listen to a lot of really old western and country music. There's a lot of cool stuff in there... all the heartbreak of the country darkness.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'

My background is in like short form digital media, I call myself more of a digital filmmaker than anything else.

I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.

I consider a day without running a crappy day. When I don't get to run, I am a grump, but some days my schedule just doesn't allow me to.

Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations.