Jimmy Carter Quotes
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.
Quotes to Explore
-
A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
-
I always had the feeling that Bleachers is my soul.
-
It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
-
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-
I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
-
As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
-
Custom reconciles us to everything.
-
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
-
There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
-
Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
-
The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
-
I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
-
Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access.
-
It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
-
I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.
-
Letters have been found with my name on assassination lists.
-
I don't think I'm ever really going to run the risk of disappearing into a Marvel franchise. I just don't know how I would fit into a catsuit.
-
'We are tempted so that we may pray the more. Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit.'
-
Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.
-
You know, mind allows us to portray in different sensory modalities, visual, auditory, olfactory, you name it, what we are like and what the world is like. But this very, very important quality of subjectivity, this quality that allows us to take a distant view and say, "I am here, I exist, I have a life and there are things around me that refer to me." That me-ness, M-E-hyphen, that is what really constitutes consciousness.
-
Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.
-
God did not give me my life to throw it away.
-
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.
