. . . 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.
BARBARA BUSHWhether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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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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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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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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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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