Carl Karcher Quotes

I have no desire to run for public office.

I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.

I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you.

I miss being governor.

I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one.

I would regard it as a great misfortune to run for Mayor and still more to be elected.

I would never run for any office or government position. I'm not into it.

I want to be the governor of Arkansas. I'm going to be the governor of Arkansas. I might be president, but I will be the governor of Arkansas.

If you don't like public service, don't run for office.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

Before I had kids I'd go out on the road for months and months at a time, but now I don't think I'd want to do that anymore, because I'd miss too much time at home, so it's just a matter of monitoring how much work that I do and how much time I'm on the road.

Any job I choose has to work with my schedule with my kids. I don't want to miss any of my time with them.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.

No, I'm not running for office someday.

I always thought of myself is a private-sector person. I was a reluctant candidate. I put in my time. Now it's somebody else's turn to take charge. But I am still very interested in politics.

I hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.

Normally, people give up parliament because they want to do more business or spend more time with family. My wife said 'why don't you say you're giving up to devote more time to politics?'. And it is what I have done.