I’m tired now of the elections.
BARBARA BUSH. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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Your 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.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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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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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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As if we don’t have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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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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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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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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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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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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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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