I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

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.

There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you.

Why can’t I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.

If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.

It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.

I'm grateful for any opportunity to act.

How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other.

tasteful and colossal are - in movies, at least - basically antipathetic.

We speak of concrete and not abstract painting because nothing is more concrete, more real than a line, a color, a surface.