Graydon Carter quote: "Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail."

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GRAYDON CARTER

Issues such as transparency often boil down to which side of - pick a number - 40 you're on. Und...
GRAYDON CARTER

We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empat...
GRAYDON CARTER

It could safely be said that Iraqis are dying at a faster clip since the American-led invasion and o...
GRAYDON CARTER

It's a rare moment when we take a break from the tribulations of the daily rat race to reflect o...
GRAYDON CARTER

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. A...
GRAYDON CARTER

War is a form of really bad manners, in a strange way. Invading a country I think is just the worst ...
GRAYDON CARTER

Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let's be honest. It's not trading;...
GRAYDON CARTER

In Britain, libel damages are small and people build them into the cost of doing business. In Americ...
GRAYDON CARTER

People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, dec...
GRAYDON CARTER

Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough pat...
GRAYDON CARTER

The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there ha...
GRAYDON CARTER

It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes n...
GRAYDON CARTER

Memory is often - perhaps usually - a distorting lens: what we think we remember isn't the way i...
GRAYDON CARTER

Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely...
GRAYDON CARTER

In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only r...
GRAYDON CARTER

Magazine stories, the best ones anyway, are generally a combination of three elements: access, narra...
GRAYDON CARTER

I did a bunch of blue-collar jobs, because I knew I'd wind up with a white-collar job at some po...
GRAYDON CARTER

I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.
GRAYDON CARTER

My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here...
GRAYDON CARTER

What do you call an electorate that seems prone to acting out irrationally, is full of inchoate rage...
GRAYDON CARTER

As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.
GRAYDON CARTER

A workday lunch that lasts as long as a transcontinental flight is an impossibility for all but the ...
GRAYDON CARTER

You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I cou...
GRAYDON CARTER

Many of the architects of the Vietnam War became near pariahs as they spent the remainder of their l...
GRAYDON CARTER

Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the wor...
GRAYDON CARTER

My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more th...
GRAYDON CARTER

As someone who came to New York in the 1970s, I was, like so many of my friends, a certified member ...
GRAYDON CARTER

You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.
GRAYDON CARTER

Life is all about seating and lighting.
GRAYDON CARTER

As any editor will tell you, startling newsroom revelations are generally met with queries about whe...
GRAYDON CARTER

I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, th...
GRAYDON CARTER

New York has arguably become the quintessential 1 percent city, a city that has been so given over t...
GRAYDON CARTER

The fact is that movie stars are as insecure as the rest of us - if not more so. Many live in a luxu...
GRAYDON CARTER

Most of us have learned the hard way that there are very few things you can absolutely count on in l...
GRAYDON CARTER

History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities.
GRAYDON CARTER

I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everythin...
GRAYDON CARTER

There's probably a half-dozen movie actors I really like. But a lot of them just aren't that...
GRAYDON CARTER

The shelf life of a movie actor or actress is so short, it's like milk.
GRAYDON CARTER

It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have c...
GRAYDON CARTER

The danger of leaving overwhelming wealth and power in the grasp of a small minority is a lesson tha...
GRAYDON CARTER

Satire works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as th...
GRAYDON CARTER

To discuss a Martin Amis book, you must first discuss the orchestrated release of a Martin Amis book...
GRAYDON CARTER

In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint.
GRAYDON CARTER

Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy.
GRAYDON CARTER

I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outsi...
GRAYDON CARTER

As any journalist will tell you, there are few professional situations as vexing as when a friend be...
GRAYDON CARTER

We really care about photography at 'Vanity Fair.'
GRAYDON CARTER

To a young kid growing up in Canada, America seemed to be crazy about the future; dazzled by it.
GRAYDON CARTER

Only institutions that go about the old-fashioned business of taking in deposits from customer A and...
GRAYDON CARTER

Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he wa...
GRAYDON CARTER

The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because y...
GRAYDON CARTER

We try to make choices and do things with our career that make a positive impact. We want to have lo...
AJA GRAYDON

At the core of who we are is the roots of those that have influenced our lives the most and the impa...
AJA GRAYDON

The main accomplishment is they made their vows, 'til death do us part,' and they were married for 5...
AJA GRAYDON

We celebrate our marriage and family. We don't hide our wedding rings.
AJA GRAYDON

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
JIMMY CARTER

A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them ...
JIMMY CARTER

I just think people should be able to express themselves.
VINCE CARTER

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
VINCE CARTER

I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last...
VINCE CARTER

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.
VINCE CARTER

I don't care how I got here. In the books, when you look at it 10 or 20 years from now, it's...
VINCE CARTER

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do ...
VINCE CARTER

There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I&#...
VINCE CARTER

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
VINCE CARTER

If you are feeling good, you look good, you are confident about yourself, you are going to go out th...
MICHELLE CARTER

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.
JIMMY CARTER

One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't...
MAJORA CARTER

Many people still believe that 'green' solutions are too expensive, but they are actually mu...
MAJORA CARTER

I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business...
MAJORA CARTER

Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and ec...
MAJORA CARTER

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what ...
MAJORA CARTER

What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - ...
MAJORA CARTER

You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it's really the sam...
MAJORA CARTER

My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or n...
MAJORA CARTER

We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that...
MAJORA CARTER

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.
NICK CARTER

I'm taking my time trying to transition because the Aaron Carter you saw back then now [I'm] a comp...
AARON CARTER

Aaron's Party (Come and Get It)
AARON CARTER

It's a love story, ... I [get this girl to tutor me] and end up falling in love with her.
AARON CARTER

I'm taking my time trying to transition because the Aaron Carter you saw back then ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚...
AARON CARTER

When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called "Dead End." The name kind of d...
AARON CARTER

My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Be...
AARON CARTER

Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
AARON CARTER

I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences.
AARON CARTER

I have my own studio down in Miami.
AARON CARTER

I feel betrayed by own mother.
AARON CARTER

I take Epsom salt baths.
AARON CARTER

When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
AARON CARTER

Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always h...
AARON CARTER

I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.
AARON CARTER

People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to ...
AARON CARTER

I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong.
AARON CARTER

There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, rea...
AARON CARTER

I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand,...
AARON CARTER

I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.
AARON CARTER

Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend arou...
AARON CARTER

I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last...
AARON CARTER

My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is...
AARON CARTER

When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name k...
AARON CARTER

My career is my girlfriend.
AARON CARTER

Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come...
AARON CARTER

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
AARON CARTER

Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being ...
AARON CARTER

I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
AARON CARTER

I wouldn't have it any other way. They play in a small gym. I don't want to go to a boring place. I ...
AL CARTER

Union County is a physical team. They put a lot of pressure on our guards. They're a scary team. The...
AL CARTER

Danny had a good fourth quarter. He finished some fast-break points on the other end. He was out in ...
AL CARTER

They shot like that in (the holiday tournament). I hope they keep shooting like that from the free-t...
AL CARTER

Everybody was there. I was so glad to see them all. I wasn't sure how we'd do against them at full s...
AL CARTER

Providence is a fundamentally sound team. Coach Jim Martin was here to scout us. He probably didn't ...
AL CARTER

I talked to the guys about maximizing their opportunities. We missed seven or eight easy baskets in ...
AL CARTER

I think when we execute the way we did (Friday), we can beat anyone. It doesn't matter who. You've g...
AL CARTER

But we got a lot of good shots underneath the basket.
AL CARTER

We just didn't come up with a hit when we had runners in scoring position. We didn't hit the ball al...
AL CARTER

It's surprising, but a lot of times we've had really talented running backs so once you get down to ...
BRIAN CARTER

Hopefully we'll get a chance to make some plays around the end zone and we can get in there.
BRIAN CARTER

It's a fascinating book about what it takes to be a scientist.
BRIAN CARTER

It can't compare to Harmon. The lighting is so much better, the footing is better and the surface is...
BRIAN CARTER

We all have our 'good old days' tucked away inside our hearts, and we return to them in daydreams li...
BRIAN CARTER

So many things for me are unfortunate in the commercialization of something that is special. It'...
CHRIS CARTER

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism,...
JIMMY CARTER

My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I ...
GARY CARTER

I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opport...
GARY CARTER

I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeli...
GARY CARTER

There were probably a few games I played where I should not have played, because of some nagging inj...
GARY CARTER

To be 49 years old now and still be called The Kid, that's kind of special.
GARY CARTER

That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Ma...
GARY CARTER

It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs a...
GARY CARTER

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.
GARY CARTER

I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity w...
GARY CARTER

There's a place in my heart for every team I played on.
GARY CARTER

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton an...
GARY CARTER

Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don...
DAN CARTER

I'm the best Twitterer.
DAN CARTER

My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all t...
DAN CARTER

It's a complicated issue, and you can't boil it down in a tweet... two sentences cannot sum ...
DAN CARTER

I would support requiring an eligibility certificate for long-gun purchases because a permit gives t...
DAN CARTER

I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
DAN CARTER

There was promulgation of false propaganda by the administration about the existence of weapons of m...
JIMMY CARTER

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the oth...
HODDING CARTER

I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it&#...
CARLENE CARTER

My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do...
CARLENE CARTER

Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt o...
CARLENE CARTER

Eccentricity has never been discouraged in our family.
CARLENE CARTER

Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts pe...
CARLENE CARTER

I got into photography when my kids were little, and I continued talking pictures over the years.
CARLENE CARTER

It's a matriarchal family, the Carters. A.P. was the original head of the Carter family, but the...
CARLENE CARTER

Musically, I always wanted to experiment.
CARLENE CARTER

It's all for a reason and all happened the way it was supposed to happen.
CARLENE CARTER

I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
CARLENE CARTER

I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.
CARLENE CARTER

My songs are about who I am.
CARLENE CARTER

If someone gets married at 15, they're either dumb or pregnant. I was both.
CARLENE CARTER

I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
CARLENE CARTER

I've had a few ditty hits.
CARLENE CARTER

I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
CARLENE CARTER

I love to be surrounded by nature.
CARLENE CARTER

I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of t...
CARLENE CARTER

I've always been one to throw caution to the wind, and my motto has been, 'Never have a dull...
CARLENE CARTER

I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
CARLENE CARTER

Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.
CARLENE CARTER

I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.
CARLENE CARTER

There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
CARLENE CARTER

Be yourself. And every person is unique.
CARLENE CARTER

If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be...
CARTER BURWELL

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker t...
JIMMY CARTER

Coming off that Pennington game, he had a little extra incentive against Hamilton. Taylor was ahead ...
BRIAN CARTER

They all stayed together and they have a good chemistry. We saw it coming.
BRIAN CARTER

Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God.
CARTER LINDBERG

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods
ANGELA CARTER

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation
ANGELA CARTER

He was going to go to the Institute of Art in Boston. He was going for music. He was going to be a p...
ALICE CARTER

Teachers are selfless, creative, warm people.
ALICE CARTER

The supplies that are appropriate for classroom use, we're making arrangements to have them picked u...
ALICE CARTER

The teachers were just shocked and saddened and we tried everything we could. The board tried to see...
ALICE CARTER

We've had daily donations (this year) since Jan. 2. We have that many regular donors.
ALICE CARTER

Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.
ALLY CARTER

It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becom...
ALLY CARTER

Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you.
ALLY CARTER

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.
JIMMY CARTER

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence...
ROSALYNN CARTER

Cammie!" I'll never forget the tone of Macey's voice in that moment. "Cam," she said slowly, moving ...
ALLY CARTER

...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one.
ALLY CARTER

Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it.
ALLY CARTER

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It...
JIMMY CARTER

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align...
ANGELA CARTER

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with ...
ANGELA CARTER

The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul -- enormous breasts, pathet...
ANGELA CARTER

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

Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the Pres...
JIMMY CARTER

According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge...
JIMMY CARTER

I thought a lot about our Nation and what I should do as President. And Sunday night before last, I ...
JIMMY CARTER

Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford a...
JIMMY CARTER

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
JIMMY CARTER

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.
LILLIAN CARTER

Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including t...
ANGELA CARTER

I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times.
JIMMY CARTER

I honestly believed I would make it. I had the desire. A lot of people have the ability, but they do...
JOE CARTER

Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail.

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Graydon Carter

Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail.

Graydon Carter

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