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!
BARBARA BUSHIf human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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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.
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