Jimmy Carter Quotes
Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in the capability of our military forces, and as a former military man myself - I was a professional naval officer, a submarine officer - I thought it was better, on a step-by-step, very carefully planned way, to increase the technical, or technological, capability of our weapons systems.
Quotes to Explore
-
People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
-
For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the difficult and delicate task of setting in complete and successful operation a political body based upon principles so hazardously asserted and so gloriously maintained.
-
Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
-
Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.
-
Social media buzz can lead to huge successes when people spread the word about something they love and want to share. But authors creating their own buzz? Making their own noise? It's hard to make a lot of noise on our own about our own work. Except, sadly, negative noise.
-
I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
-
I don't make political work. I don't make work that criticises the state. I make as human work as I can.
-
It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.
-
Now I have the voice of a 16-year-old. I'm looking for a doctor who could give me the body of a 16-year-old.
-
It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing.
-
We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change.
-
I became Iggy because I had a sadistic boss at a record store. I'd been in a band called the Iguanas. And when this boss wanted to embarrass and demean me, he'd say, 'Iggy, get me a coffee, light.'
-
To be successful in my native France, where people speak the same language and understand me, is nothing.
-
I make hit records. I make hit records to motivate the people.
-
Fans always ask me to marry them so I'll have a lot of wives
-
We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves.
-
I believe that the best measure of whether a nation is going to be successful is whether they are tapping the talents of their women.
-
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
-
For them to set up a self-proclaimed government would be a direct challenge to the executive authority of the president.
-
When I was president, I knew exactly what I wanted to do every day to bring America together and create a greater sense of opportunity and a larger sense of responsibility and a stronger sense of community.
-
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
-
Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in the capability of our military forces, and as a former military man myself - I was a professional naval officer, a submarine officer - I thought it was better, on a step-by-step, very carefully planned way, to increase the technical, or technological, capability of our weapons systems.
