Quotes By Barbara Bush
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Barbara Bush
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
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
Barbara Bush
I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
Barbara Bush
Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
Barbara Bush
If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
Barbara Bush
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
Barbara Bush
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
Barbara Bush
The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
Barbara Bush
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
One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
Barbara Bush
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
I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
Barbara Bush