I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
BARBARA BUSHShow me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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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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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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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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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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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 don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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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. . . 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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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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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.
BARBARA BUSH