Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Liz Carpenter

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Liz Carpenter.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Mary Elizabeth Sutherland Carpenter was a writer, feminist, reporter, media advisor, speechwriter, political humorist, and public relations expert. As the first woman executive assistant to Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson from 1961 to 1963, and then as press secretary for First Lady Lady Bird Johnson from 1963 to 1969, Carpenter was a prominent member of the Johnson White House and also a close personal friend of the Johnsons.

American - Writer | Born: September 1, 1920

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I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

Liz Carpenter

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again.

Liz Carpenter

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

Liz Carpenter

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

Liz Carpenter

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

Liz Carpenter

Laughter heals, gives solace, and is life enhancing.

Liz Carpenter

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

Liz Carpenter

What's the trick? There are three of them: A sense of real purpose, a sense of humor, and a sense of constant curiosity. Keep using those to the grave because learning really never ends.

Liz Carpenter

Charge hell with a bucket of water.

Liz Carpenter

How to get a job: Speak up and show some life about you. Almost anyone who can give you a decent job these days is half deaf.

Liz Carpenter

If we can't turn the world around we can at least bolster the victims.

Liz Carpenter

I am Woman, here me roar...of is that my vacuum cleaner?

Liz Carpenter