Quotes of the week
Published 8:23 pm Saturday, October 10, 2015
- Tim Green sits with Rozalyn Walton (left) and Taylor Deal (right) at the breakfast before Green's talk on literacy on Friday. Walton and Deal's class from China Grove Middle School won the drawing for the free breakfast with the author. Amanda Raymond/Salisbury Post
“(A book) is weight lifting for your brain and weight lifting for your soul.”
— Tim Green, author,
lawyer and former NFL player,
addressing fifth-graders
in Rowan-Salisbury
“It’s not your father’s factory anymore. It’s high tech.”
— Roger Nielsen,
COO, Daimler Trucks NA,
at Manufacturing Day press conference
“We just have to roll up our sleeves. Instead of depending on the fair … we’re going to have to do more fundraisers to keep the lights on and the water
running.”
— Randall Barger, president,
Rowan County Fair Association,
after rain-out of county fair cost the nonprofit more than $100,000
“There’s no heart without a school.”
— Nan Lund, board member,
Paul L. Dunbar Charter School,
on the need for a school in East Spencer
“It might be a little scary for me, but it’s not for the kids. It’s right where they want to be.”
— Cindy Miller, teacher,
on using new technology in the classroom
