Quotes by Dixie Carter

“I have never met a happy atheist. I believe in separation of church and state, but I think we have gone so far over in the other direction of separating church and state.”

“Every afternoon I listened to the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts and when I was four, I told my mother and father that it was my destiny to sing there, that I was going to sing at the Metropolitan Opera of New York City.”

“You have to take a huge loss financially to do a play. You have to put aside the commercials and the speeches and the other things that put money on the table, and really save up to do it. And thats what Ive done here. But its worth it to me to be in a really good play.”

“Women need to realize that jogging clothes are for exercise, and please dont wear black to weddings, yall. Men, please dont wear shorts with your hairy legs sticking out. It is okay for sports or intimate situations.”

“It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.”

“Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think.”

“We dont have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit.”

“Certainly if we hope do enhance and extend whatever natural assets we were given, we must expect to make an effort, if not actually great labor.”

“I will not do humor that is derived from private parts or going to the bathroom. I wont do anything that involves making fun of people.”

“I was born in a town of 200 people - its 300 now, its really grown - halfway between Memphis and Nashville, really the backside of nowhere.”

Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think.