James Carville

I had a remarkably happy childhood; whatever scars I have are self-inflicted.

— James Carville

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

— James Carville

I knew that manual labor wasn't the career for me.

— James Carville

To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

— James Carville

But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.

— James Carville

Democrats cluster in cities, and Republicans don't.

— James Carville

If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.

— James Carville

Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.

— James Carville

After all of my years in politics, I've learned that sometimes things that are said are true, and other things that are…

— James Carville

I've had enough of the blowhards on cable TV and the self-righteous anger I hear from people whose only accomplishment in life…

— James Carville

When I was wrong about the 2002 elections, I dumped a garbage can on my head. When my John Kerry prediction didn't…

— James Carville

Most of the stuff I've ever said is pretty insignificant and, by and large, has been said off the cuff and without…

— James Carville

Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary,…

— James Carville

Punditry is like weather forecasting: the winds can shift without warning. I remember when nobody would bet a McDonald's Quarter Pounder that…

— James Carville

When I was growing up, I always had the dream of being an analyst for a minor league baseball team or something…

— James Carville

When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes.

— James Carville

I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as…

— James Carville

What I'm suggesting is, stand for yourself, be for something, and the hell with it. Because the hand-wringers and the editorialists and…

— James Carville

As a result of that forgiveness, I will never criticize or attack any of your past actions or remarks concerning matters of…

— James Carville

Like a lot of people, I pray for a sick relative or that kind of thing, but I don't pray to make…

— James Carville

Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at…

— James Carville

Why are you sitting here when our democracy is under assault with the FBI acting at the behest of [Republican Congressman] Jason…

— James Carville

Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now…

— James Carville

I grew up in a French-dominated Catholic part of the country. I was an altar boy. I went to Catholic school. I…

— James Carville

Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even.

— James Carville

Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology.

— James Carville

I think the American people ought to take their democracy back.

— James Carville

Politics has become the great spectator sport of the United States.

— James Carville

We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.

— James Carville

The only thing I'm running for is the state line.

— James Carville

The only politician in America I know with a man-date is Jim McGreevey.

— James Carville

The case could be made that Rick Perry is the worst debater to ever run for president.

— James Carville

When I was a kid and L.S.U. lost, you didn't read the papers until, like, Thursday.

— James Carville

If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he'd have two.

— James Carville

Right-wingers don't want public education to succeed.

— James Carville

I didn’t just experiment with marijuana – if you know what I mean.

— James Carville

“I am certain that Mr. Johnston is not a douchebag despite what the Republicans claim.”

— James Carville

Honestly, I enjoy nothing more than two Republicans going after each other.

— James Carville

Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.

— James Carville

You don't need a guidebook to see New Orleans - just a good pair of shoes.

— James Carville