"Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy."

-- Jimmy Carter

#Memorable Quotes #Fishing Quotes #Daddy Quotes

“I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.”
“I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I was four.”
“I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.”
“The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.”
“Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else, and their unusually high intelligence only makes their prejudices all the more dangerous.”
“What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty ... Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.”

Source : House of Representatives, Amendments to the Constitution, August 17, 1789.
“Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.”

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