One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
BARBARA BUSHI 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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