Charles Yates Quotations

We're looking at the development of genetic tests which are easy and robust with a quick turnaround.

I'd like to sell them some oceanfront property in Dickenson County.

Our goal was to build a foundation to attract advanced technology jobs with wage rates far exceeding those of the average information technology employer. These are the first projects that are paying an average wage rate that exceeds that of the mining industry.

These rains were much needed to refill the aquifers. We had been far behind our normal rain totals, but we are now sitting pretty.

This is a chance to get all the old-timers together and there is getting to be fewer of us every year. This is family ranching. It's still here, but it's getting harder because of the land prices and the taxes are too high to make a living with cattle.

It's the one day of the year when everybody in the world can be a Texan and celebrate it. We have a unique state. We have a unique character.

If you stay broke and fund every request, then you have no money and no resources to promote economic development,

The coalfield authority was designed to be an economic development organization, ... The board of directors is made up of business people who have made intelligent decisions about how to invest our funds. Were not ashamed of that.