Quotes By Nancy Reagan

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.

I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.

From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.

I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.

For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!

I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.

Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.

It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher.

I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.

I voted for McCain.

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.

I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don't want the trouble with the maintenance and all of that.

I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.

I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.

I don't really yell at people.

I was the one who was always calling people.

I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.

I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.

I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.

As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.

Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

I've always gone for the more understated look.

You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.