The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSHYou try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
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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!
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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 not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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 more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
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