My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
BARBARA BUSHLife has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I don’t like attacking.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
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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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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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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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.
BARBARA BUSH