Carter Quotes · Page 10

Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992,…

— Richard V. Allen

I would be literally patrician in the sense that the senators in ancient Rome were called conscript fathers, paters, from which comes…

— Gore Vidal

Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were…

— Rick Riordan

There are examples of ex-presidents speaking out. Jimmy Carter has not held back on a variety of issues. Harry Truman didn't.

— Robert Dallek

Jimmy Carter was - he still - he remains to this day America's most ex of ex-presidents. You just can't believe that…

— P. J. O'Rourke

He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes…

— Wynton Marsalis

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated,…

— Alexander Haig

If you had told me in 1997 that even 5 people would be waiting online for me to sign my new book…

— Bill Simmons

Joe Henderson with Ron Carter and Al Foster at the Vanguard was just wow. And the energy of the three of them.

— Jon Gordon

Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting…

— Noam Chomsky

I was disappointed in how [Bill] Clinton, like [Jimmy] Carter, used the founders to argue for huge expansions in federal power, clearly…

— Paul Kengor

Three American presidents-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson-have asked the question: What do we get from aiding Pakistan?…

— Husain Haqqani

President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone…

— Andrew Young

In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins,…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Carter got jeans, boots, and a T-shirt that read Property of Alexandria University in English and Arabic. Clearly, even personal shoppers had…

— Rick Riordan

When [Jimmy] Carter did quote them, he quoted them in what I believe were misapplications, such as arguing for the creation of…

— Paul Kengor

Barack Obama is telling the banking industry what it can and can't charge and what profit he will accept and what level…

— Rush Limbaugh

Just get on any major highway, and eventually it will dead-end in a Disney parking area large enough to have its own…

— Dave Barry

Shawn Carter is nice, but Sean Price is the best.

— Sean Price

Carter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister’s cat Muffin.

— Rick Riordan

At 2:26 AM on 3 June 1980, Colonel William Odom of the Strategic Air Command alerted National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski that…

— Stansfield Turner

Dixie Carter was a goddess. The kind of wife and mother that every mother hopes their daughter will become and the kind…

— Annie Potts

I am not saying Rubin Carter was guilty. I am saying he was very likely guilty.

— Gene Weingarten

[Carter just asked when I became a ram whisperer. Do shut up, Carter]

— Rick Riordan

The Temple of Dendur," Zia said. "Actually it was built by the Romans - " "When they occupied Egypt," Carter said, like…

— Rick Riordan