Barbara Bush Quotes
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to publish your book.' I said, 'Well, I don't have a book,' and they said well it's a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
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Avoid this crowd like the plague. And if they quote you, make damn sure they heard you.
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You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
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I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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I don't like attacking.
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And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
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I'm tired now of the elections.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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I have a pig valve.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.
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I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.
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I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.