Helping the Elderly, Old Myself Someday, Lillian Carter

“Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.” (spoken when she was in her eighties) – Lillian Carter

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 20.

My Children, Should Have Stayed a Virgin, Lillian Carter

“Sometimes when I look at my children I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin.'” - Lillian Carter, mother of the thirty-ninth president of the United States of America.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 48.