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.

People should be afraid of the cancer, not the mammogram.

My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'

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

I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.

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