I don’t claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I’m home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, ’Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.’

Eighty percent of success is just showing up.

Falling in love is like jumping off a really tall building. Your brain tells you it is not a good idea, but your heart tells you, you can fly.

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.

Life's a bitch. Then you marry one.