Charles Kuralt Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.”

“I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.”

“It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.”

“The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way.”

“I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.”

“I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.”

“It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.”

“There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.”

“It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.”

“Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.”