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I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.


Carlene Carter

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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