“When we restored Grand Central, we had to spend over $1 million just to clean the tar and nicotine stains off the ceiling and even more to scrub them off the walls. So, of course, after spending that kind of money we weren't going to let anybody smoke anywhere in the building.”
Dan Brucker
“We practiced with the guys. But with their chemistry, (the Tar Heels) know when to trap. ... We weren't consistent with it. We would get great ball movement and open shots, but sometimes we'd be tentative and turn the ball over.”
Kindyll Dorsey
“The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches.”
Eric Hoffer
“Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar”
Proverb
“There could be anything in there. It's heavy. It's dark. You probably have tar burning, and kind of material that buildings are made of.”
John Manning
“It was darker than a pitch-black panther, covered in tar, eating licorice at the very bottom of the deepest part of the Black sea.”
Lemony Snicket
“There's a portion of the Tar River in the lower part of Pitt County that floods real bad with a large tidal surge and we used it to notify people that it was a possibility their area could flood.”
Noel Lee
