Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
BARBARA BUSHWhatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
BARBARA BUSHPeople who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
BARBARA BUSHThe winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
BARBARA BUSHThe 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 BUSHMy son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
BARBARA BUSHI’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 BUSHWell, 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 BUSHOne thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
BARBARA BUSHAnd so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
BARBARA BUSHThe First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
BARBARA BUSHTo us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
BARBARA BUSHThe state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
BARBARA BUSHTo this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
BARBARA BUSHI’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
BARBARA BUSHRaising five boys is a handful, trust me.
BARBARA BUSHNancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
BARBARA BUSH