The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSHValue your friendship. Value your relationships.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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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 want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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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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As if we don’t have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
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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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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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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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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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