Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
BARBARA BUSHThree 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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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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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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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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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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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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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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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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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