American Quotes

My only interest in women's clothes is what's underneath them.

I'm an adventurer and I enjoy all types of things, and eating is a part of that. It's just too bad we have to watch what we eat.

I try to avoid cheese, dairy and a lot of meat, but I do like them.

I just want my audiences to be entertained and feel like they're part of the show. I want to show them a good time and create an experience they're going to enjoy.

I want to do everything right now! This very minute. I am impatient, but yes I have goals. To be a real well-respected actress whom people know they can rely on to do a good job... whether they like me as a person or not!

We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to - to balance the family ticket.

If I had one wish for my children, it would be that each of them would reach for goals that have meaning for them as individuals.

I love all my children, but some of them I don't like.

I know folks all have a tizzy about it, but I like a little bourbon of an evening. It helps me sleep. I don't much care what they say about it.

Every time I think that I am getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.

Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end.

Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first step in the process is creating unfounded public suspicion of political opponents, followed by arresting and jailing any who continue sp

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times an

A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.

I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I'm home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, 'Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.'

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.