Quotable Quotes

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'
- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)

I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'Not good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
- Mark Twain

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.
- George Burns

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
- Victor Borge

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
-Socrates

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
- Groucho Marx

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
- Jimmy Durante

I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
- Alex Levine

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
-Rodney Dangerfield

Money can't buy you happiness ... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
- Spike Milligan

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.
-Joe Namath

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
- Bob Hope

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
- W. C. Fields

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
- Will Rogers

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty .. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
- Phyllis Diller

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
- Billy Crystal

I guess it must be family tradition to put children down in the Carter family. I don't like the way Jimmy Carter talks about his kids, but see where it came from.

Carter demonstrated it takes more than brains to be a good President.
I feel he lacked common sense

I liked Carter and still do. He is a man of integrity. I believe he was too honest to be president. He was not a good orator and therefore came across as being weak. Unfortunately, he will receive his accolades once he is gone.

Abe F. March wrote:

I liked Carter and still do. He is a man of integrity. I believe he was too honest to be president. He was not a good orator and therefore came across as being weak. Unfortunately, he will receive his accolades once he is gone.

He was very honest. I liked him also--just not all the things he said about his kids.

More admirable to me are parents who refrain from negative comments about their offspring.

One place he said he was disappointed that his kids did not go to church.

I doubt that remark won them back.

I have two children one a church goer, one not. I respect each one and realize they have reasons for their actions.

I am certainly not disappointed in either of them.

The main reason to emphasize church attendance is to be certain the members put their tithe in the dish. If you stay home, that doesn't happen, regardless of your faith. I pay my contributions quarterly from my online account and never put a coin in the church basket. Anyone around me over the years probably thinks I never contribute. "Judge not lest ye be judged" or something like that...

Sometimes my church is the Gulf, others the Everglades. I do like my church congregation and minister, though, because of its open thought and attend from attraction rather than obligation. The discipline of an hour's worth of positive thought about being a better person and contributing to a better world is time well spent.

The most selfish word is the English vocabulary is the word “I”, avoid it.
The most satisfying “We”, use it.
The most poisonous “Ego”, overcome it.
The most powerful “Love”, value it.
The most meaningful “Smile”, keep it.
The fastest spreading “Rumor”, ignore it.
The hardest working “Success”, achieve it.
The most enviable “Jealousy”, distance it.
The most useful “Knowledge”, acquire it.
The most valued “Friendship”, maintain it.