Barbara Bush Quotes

• "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. I wish him well!"
• "As if we don't have enough violence on television."
• "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."
• "Believe in something larger than yourself... Get involved in the big ideas of your time."
• "Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that."
• "I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up."
• "I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time."
• "If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities."
• "It's been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving's better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam's Club."
• "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."
• "One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring."
• "Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust."
• "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!"
• "To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there."
• "When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
• "You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities."
• "You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way."
• "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."
• "You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord."
• "We love our dad too much to stand back and watch from the sidelines."