You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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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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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I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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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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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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
BARBARA BUSH