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.
BARBARA BUSHTo us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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I don’t like attacking.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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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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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!
BARBARA BUSH