Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

Time is so important.'so spend time doing something that you love.' make the most of it and Let the good times roll in your existence!

I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman's joy at the sight of a superior performance.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink but then your feet are always in water.

Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.

The truth is you don't like the theater except the times when you're in a room by yourself putting the play on paper.

Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.

Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.

If a country puts its entire focus on making sure that the education system improves, then that's the kind of progress that you can see.

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it, and not the shrewdness of the prince on good advice.

If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?