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 BushThree publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to publish your book.' I said, 'Well, I don't have a book,' and they said well it's a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
Barbara BushWell, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
Barbara BushThe personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
Barbara BushLibraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
Barbara BushNever 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.
Barbara BushI married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
Barbara BushI may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
Barbara BushWhether 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.
Barbara BushWhatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
Barbara BushWhy 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.
Barbara BushGiving 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 BushI really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
Barbara BushAs if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
Barbara BushI don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
Barbara BushIf more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
Barbara BushBelieve in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
Barbara BushThe 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 BushAt 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 BushThe 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.
Barbara Bush