“Jimmy used to drink liquor. Now he's running for president and he drinks Scotch, and I've never trusted a Scotch-drinker.” Quote by Billy Carter
“Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.” HardComedyHard WorkTimingRehearsal Author:Larry Hagman
“Jimmy Carter, who embraced all manner of schemes to make America a second or third-rate country, came down so squarely in favor of the double nickel [the 55 mph National Speed Limit]...This is the same Jimmy Carter whose limosine with him in it, just a little later in his presidency, was timed at an average of 72 mph for the 21.5 mile trip from Detroit Metro to the Detroit Plaza Hotel. He didn't want to be late for a campaign appearance.” WantLittlesCountryAmericaLimitsLateThirdsRateAverageAppearanceSpeedFavorsCampaignsMilesHotelSchemesPresidencyAmerican PoliticsJimmyCarterDetroitNickelsMetroSpeed LimitsMph Author:Patrick Bedard
“If you're in the penaut business you learn to think small.” IfsThinkingAmerican Politics Author:Eugene McCarthy
“The reason he [Jimmy Carter] says he never lies is because he thinks the truth originates with him.” ThinkingReasonLyingAmerican PoliticsJimmyCarterNever Lie Author:Lester Maddox
“He [Jimmy Carter] says his lust is in his heart. I hope it's a little lower.” HeartLittlesLustAmerican PoliticsJimmyCarter Author:Shirley MacLaine
“Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us ever wants to see one again. It was a horrifying apparition. And ever since Jimmy Carter, all of us rednecks have had to be very careful to be drunk rednecks lest we turn into some kind of awful creature with big buck teeth and a State Department full of human-rights yahoos.” WantHumansKindStatesBigsTurnsRightsCreaturesHuman RightsCarefulTeethDrunkAwfulDepartmentSoberAmerican PoliticsBucksJimmyRedneckCarterApparitionsLandslides Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Now that Mr. Carter has made a book of his diary, an adoring memoir entitled Keeping Faith, the notes read like a collection of letters sent from scout camp.” MadeBookLettersNotesMemoirCollectionsCampsEntitledAmerican PoliticsDiariesCarterKeep The Faith Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“I'm convinced Mr. Reagan would never be elected- I don't think his views are held by a majority of the American people...it's the Republican party that's going to be committing suicide by nominating candidates of that genre.” PeopleThinkingViewsPartyRepublicanSuicideMajorityConvincedGenreCandidatesRepublican PartyAmerican PoliticsCommitting SuicideNominating Author:John Anderson
“Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.” EnoughPoliticalInformationDeserveComicDumbPollsAmerican PoliticsComic Strips Author:Garry Trudeau