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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

The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Reading Teacher
Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
BARBARA BUSH

Boys Handful Trust Me
My worst expectations never happened.
BARBARA BUSH

Expectations Happened Worst
Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
BARBARA BUSH

Friendship Good Life Values
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Firsts Important Years
I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
BARBARA BUSH

Complicated Country Mean
Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
BARBARA BUSH

Advice Care Wife
I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
BARBARA BUSH

Abortion Outspoken Pro
You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
BARBARA BUSH

Love Thank Witty You
Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
BARBARA BUSH

Changed Good People Things
One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
BARBARA BUSH

Boredom Jobs May
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Blue Mind Waste
I think the country has had enough Bushes.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Politics Thinking
You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
BARBARA BUSH

Die Sister Six Tell Years
People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
BARBARA BUSH

Hair People Worry
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Home Veterans Day Work
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Discovery Eye Life
Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
BARBARA BUSH

Family House White
Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
BARBARA BUSH

Knows Likes Ugly
The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSH

Ark Built Volunteer
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Needs Women
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
BARBARA BUSH

Able Garden Want
Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
BARBARA BUSH

Blood Inspirational Money
I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
BARBARA BUSH

Parent Parenting Worried
I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSH

Dirty Hate Naughty
I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Healthy Thinking
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Inspirational Life Meaningful

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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