You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSHWhatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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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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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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 really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
BARBARA BUSH