I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
BARBARA BUSHAt 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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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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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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