Barbara Bush

Quote: I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: 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. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: I wish him well! [Barbara Bush]

Quote: 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. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: Bias has to be taught. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: I married the first man I ever kissed. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: 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. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George? [Barbara Bush]

Quote: One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well! [Barbara Bush]

Quote: The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. [Barbara Bush]

Quote: 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]

Quote: The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream. [Barbara Bush]

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