Quotes of the week
Published 9:02 pm Thursday, September 17, 2015
- Robbie Cochran carries a black locust tree split rail to be added to the "snake rail fence" that he is building in front the the Old Stone House. Photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
“Nails were expensive. You couldn’t waste nails on fencing.”
— Robbie Cochran, volunteer, on crafting a snake-rail fence at the Old Stone House
“Part of belonging to a community is taking care of the entire community.”
— Evelyn Medina, owner, on pay-it-forward program at Mean Mug coffee shop
“My position has been at some point you have to lay the expectation that instructional time is extremely important.”
— Dr. Lynn Moody, Rowan-Salisbury school superintendent, on dismissing school early on the day of the South Rowan Christmas Parade
“When it comes to painting, she gets very excited.”
— Megan Cline, assistant naturalist, on Roxy racoon’s enthusiasm for creating art at Dan Nicholas Park’s Rowan Wildlife Adventures
“Good advice, bad commandment.”
— Comment Bishop Tim Smith said a church member made after Smith misstated one of the 10 commandments as “Do not admit adultery.”