Quotes by Charles Kuralt

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

“To read the papers and to listen to the news... one would think the country is in terrible trouble. You do not get that impression when you travel the back roads and the small towns do care about their country and wish it well.”

“It was cold out there, bitter, biting, cutting, piercing, hyperborean, marmoreal cold, and there were all these Minnesotans running around outdoors, happy as lambs in the spring.”

“Sometimes I would think myself happy never to leave. Every trip must end.”

“The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.”

“It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isnt in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.”

“The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.”

“This is a place where you can hear fall coming for miles.”

“I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits.”

“an incredible wealth of human kindness.”

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We dont honor them enough, we dont pay them enough.

Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship.

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

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

When I was a little boy I used to borrow my fathers hat, and make a press card to stick in the hat band. That was the way reporters were always portrayed in the movies.

I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didnt have girlfriends, and really I wasnt a very social boy.