Lillian Gordy Carter

“I don't know why I got so much publicity. I was just a little old lady who went to India.”

“When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a nurse. I became one, and I loved it.”

“Sometimes when I look at all my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin.'”

“I'm a Christian, but that's not the only thing. I'm a Democrat, a human being. I'm a woman, a Southerner.”

“My son is an adult, and he's the president. I can't tell him what to do.”

“I know folks think I'm a character, but I'm not. I'm just me.”

“Peanut butter is the pâté of the South.”

“The first thing I did when I got to India was to buy a bicycle.”

“I have one son who is a preacher, one who is a sinner, and one who is president.”