Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
BARBARA BUSHYou know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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