Keith Bishop Quotations

You have to know when you make errors.

They have a fairly solid view of what will best advance the interests of all people in Durham. If I had to get one, this would have been the one.

If I had enough evidence to make an arrest, there would have been an arrest. If you don't have the correct information, you should have sat back and been silent. It casts a long shadow over the integrity of your administration. Don't put the public through this kind of discord. You should have some compassion both for those who are accused and for the victim. I would have done things a lot differently -- with integrity.

We are like stewards. We're here as holders for future generations.

When Jon and I put the addition on the back of the store in 1978, we were told we'd have to work really hard to pay for it.

Do you want to live over the next four years what we have endured for the last three weeks?

I don't think another interest group in Durham has as compelling a membership roster as the Durham Committee, or as compelling a history. So I take it seriously as a compelling endorsement. I don't have any hesitation because one of the things the committee does is, it doesn't always go with what appears to be the mainstream view.

He told us there would be arrests. That hasn't happened. He told us the DNA would prove conclusively who was responsible. That hasn't happened.

The cafeteria is not quite big enough to hold 400 kids at once.

So many people in the community depend on us. A number of lives are affected through our operation, from managers in the 20-year range to part-time high school students, to those who help seasonally harvest crops. They've all been key to getting the work done.