Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
BARBARA BUSHSome people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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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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I’m tired now of the elections.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
BARBARA BUSH






