Easley Quotes

#1. As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

Michael F. Easley

#2. Definitive resolutions are made always and only in a state of mind that is not destined to last.

Alessandro Baricco

#3. Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.

Michael F. Easley

#4. The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations.

Edward Snowden

#5. In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

Naguib Mahfouz

#6. An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

Dan Rather

#7. Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge - not remediation - is an approach to education that works.

Michael F. Easley

#8. Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

Michael F. Easley

#9. I'm sorry, Alabama fans. I'm from New York and didn't watch football growing up.

Dominique Easley

#10. We continue to say hi to those we've lost, and for a little while at least, the world down here feels a little less dark.

Joshua McCune

#11. What would it profit us to possess and perform everything else and be like pure saints, if we meanwhile neglected our chief purpose in life, namely, the care of the young?

Martin Luther

#12. There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah.

Meir Kahane

#13. For me, personally, it is very important that the days are exactly the same, so I have routines. I do the same thing every day.

Karl Ove Knausgard

#14. The easiest thing to do is let go, the hardest is forgetting, That's why they're called memories. Life's Lessons

B. Easley

#15. I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered.

Moshe Sharett

#16. The sun will shine through every window at one point, a strong indication that cloudy days don't last forever.

Brian Easley

#17. We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other.

Michael F. Easley

#18. I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.

Paulo Coelho

#19. This is a win for the 4-year-olds who require pre-K, the low-wealth counties that need assistance with school construction and the disadvantaged students trying to go college.

Dominique Easley

#20. The Arts are pure. It's people that are corrupt.

Tim Easley

#21. When life gives you lemons ~ write about 'em!

Kimmie Easley

#22. 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.

Eddie Van Halen

#23. A synthesis embracing both rational understanding and the mystical experience of unity is the mythos, spoken or unspoken, or our present day and age.

Wolfgang Pauli

#24. that for understanding the spread of behaviors in social networks, we need to take into account not just the power of influential nodes but also the extent to which these influential nodes have access to easily influenceable people.

David Easley

#25. The ultimate intelligence of all things is your essence. Your mind is the universe. Your body is all things.

Frederick Lenz

#26. What people need to do is conserve what they have, .. There is a supply out there; we just need to conserve it. Going up and loading up your tank is not going to do that much. It's just going to deplete the supply, and the problem will eventually catch up to you.

Mike Easley

#27. Life's meant to be sweet! Grab a cupcake and enjoy the ride!

Kimmie Easley

#28. Religion was created for the goodness of the humanity, but
religious dogma converts a good person to an evil person.

Debasish Mridha

#29. Oh, he's not my idea of the absolute finito.

Truman Capote

#30. I had hoped to let the one-half cent sales tax sunset this year, but we do not believe revenues will grow as fast as we hoped for the rest of the year.

Michael F. Easley

#31. As you may know, previously as Attorney General and now as Governor, I have supported legislation to close the gun show loophole in North Carolina.

Michael F. Easley