Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
BARBARA BUSHYou have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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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 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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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.
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I don’t like attacking.
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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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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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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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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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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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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 BUSH