It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

Native plants give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours. I want Texas to look like Texas and Vermont to look like Vermont.

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

Flowers in the city are like lipstick on a woman-it just makes you look better to have a little color.

There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.

Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.

I've really tried to learn the art of clothes, because you don't sell for what you're worth unless you look good.