A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.
LAURA BUSHWomen have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.
More Laura Bush Quotes
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Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.
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I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
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Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.
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My mother was my Girl Scout leader, and George’s mother was his Cub Scout leader. In fact, that’s when some say her hair turned white.
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A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can’t leave it alone.
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No one likes to be criticized.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I’ll never run for the Senate in New York.
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Bluffton is growing. But we must hold on to that small-town character.
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Education is spreading hope. Millions are now learning to live with HIV/AIDS – instead of waiting to die from it.
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I would never do anything to undermine my husband’s point of view.
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There’s a very close tie between good health and good education.
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I’m inspired by my faith of course, and all the different people around me.
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It’s not easy to have the job of president. It’s not easy to run for it. And it’s not a job for the feint of heart.
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What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes.
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There’s nothing political about American literature.
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You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. If George is good at anything, it’s timing.
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I’ve always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them.
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The ages between birth and age 5 are the foundation upon which successful lives are built.
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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Because women don’t expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don’t seek help if they have the early symptoms of a heart attack.
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I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too.
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There are gender health differences, and we need to know what they are.
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When I taught school, we just had the school cafeteria; we didn’t have machines or things for children to buy food from. But parents can try to educate their children about choices. A lot of everything we’re talking about that has to do with heart disease has to do with the choices that we make.
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Books are important. They help you sleep at night.
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Jenna’s traveled with me; they’ve both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they’ve been old enough in all of their dad’s campaigns to really be involved in.
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Well, we’ve faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we – since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm’s way.
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