Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
BARBARA BUSHYour success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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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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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.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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