Barbara Bush Quotes

George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.

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.

My worst expectations never happened.

I'm taking a vow not to advise.

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.

The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

Raising George Walker was not easy.

I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.

You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?

I'm tired now of the elections.

I'm a little old-fashioned.

If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.

You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.

Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.

Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.

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.

I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

You don't just luck into things. ... You build step by step whether it's friendships or opportunities.

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.

Believe in something larger than yourself.

Some people give time some money some their skills and connections some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.

I listen and give input only if somebody asks.

You don't just luck into things ... you build step by step whether it's friendships or opportunities.

You don't just luck into things.... You build step by step whether it's friendships or opportunities.

War is not nice.

I'm not a competitive person and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive just nice.

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.

Someday someone will follow in my footsteps and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. And I wish him well.

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think for a husband and wife the way to stay close is to do things together and share.

The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.

To us family means putting your arms around each other and being there.