Famous James Carville Quotes
“Stay focused. Talk about things that’ll matter to the people, you know? It’s the economy, stupid.”
In the 1993 documentary film The War Room.
“I didn’t just experiment with marijuana — if you know what I mean.”
In a speech to LSU students at the Manship School of Communications' Holliday Forum on January 27, 2006.
Wall Street Journal (February 25, 1993, p. A1)
March 11, 2002, interview with Joan Walsh http://dir.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/11/carville/print.html
“Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find.”
January 1996; thought to be a reference to Paula Jones and her charge that President Clinton had sexually assaulted her, but Carville insisted he meant Gennifer Flowers
James Carville Quotes
in a speech to LSU students at the Manship School of Communications' Holliday Forum on January 27, 2006.
In Had enough?: A handbook for fighting back (2003), p. 21 http://books.google.com/books?id=gH4bMmu4CA4C
Referring to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton on GoodFriday).
October 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/oct/6/20061006-120023-9171r/
“You can call the dogs in, wet the fire, and leave the house. The hunt's over.”
On Obama winning the White House
CNN Election Night in America 11/7/2008
1986, while working on a gubernatorial race http://www.politico.com/story/2008/04/extreme-makeover-pennsylvania-edition-009323
“Who cares? Sometimes you need rebirth. (On the destruction of America)”
The Colbert Report, 9/20/06
Account of speech to a group, in Had enough?: A handbook for fighting back (2003), p. 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=gH4bMmu4CA4C
In All's fair: love, war, and running for president (2007), with Mary Matalin and Peter Knobler, p. 207
The Tony Kornheiser Show (January 15, 2010)
“Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.”
On his 6th September 2006 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
“Yeah, I graduated with a 4.0… blood alcohol level.”
In a speech to LSU students at the Manship School of Communications' Holliday Forum on January 27, 2006.
“[On Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama] If she gave him one of her cojones, they'd both have two.”
Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/id/135157, May 2, 2008.
“John McCain, if you liked the last eight, you are going to love the next four.”
Meet the Press, 4/14/2008
“When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.”
In All's fair: love, war, and running for president (2007), with Mary Matalin and Peter Knobler
“Elections are about fucking your enemies. Winning is about fucking your friends.”
James Carville – 1992, As quoted by Hunter S. Thompson, Better Than Sex, p. 189
