One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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.’
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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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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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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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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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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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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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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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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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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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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.
BARBARA BUSH