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

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.

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.

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

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

Other things my best friend said to me: That two years was but a short span.

You only live once this time around ... have no fear, take every chance, live, laugh, love.

A life touched by the Holy Spirit will tolerate sin no longer.

Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy".

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Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

I think those who say that you can't tango if you are not Argentine are mistaken. Tango was an immigrant music... so it does not have a nationality. It's only passport is feeling.

All the great things we know have come to us from neurotics. It is they who have founded religions and created great works of art.

I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things.

I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.