Nancy Reagan Quotes

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.

The movies were custard compared to politics.

My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.

I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.

I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.

Every woman is entitled to an opinion and the right to express that opinion-especially to the man she's married to.

Why take chances? It may be nonsense, but does anybody really know? And people have certainly been fascinated by astrology for thousands of years.

With Alzheimer's patients, you have to be very careful what you say when you're looking at them over their bed. Because once in a while, they understand it.

There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise.

I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.

My life really began when I married my husband.

I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher.

A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.

I'm doing what I want to do.

I favor capital punishment. It saves lives.

I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.

My life didn't really begin until I met Ronnie.

I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.

From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.

When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You know it's not good. You know there's no light at the end of the tunnel. That's the only way you can go. But you really don't know anything about it. And you don't know what to expect.

For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.

As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

Just because you're married [to the president] doesn't mean you've given up your right to have and opinion.

I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.

Just say no to drugs!

To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.

Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide. We owe it to ourselves and to our children to do everything in our power to find cures for these diseases - and soon. As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

What can you say about a man, who on Mother's Day sends flowers to his mother-in-law, with a note thanking her for making him the happiest man on Earth?

The White House belongs to all Americans. It's supposed to be something we're proud of.

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes.

It's one of the best programs I've ever seen because it benefits both sides: children, who need love, and grandparents, elderly people, who need to feel wanted.

I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them, and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.

Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and a woman can have by making it cheap and common. It's what you don't see that's attractive.

I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.

Dont ever lose hope. Even when life seems bleak and hopeless, know that you are not alone.

You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.

There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.