I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.

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

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

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