All Quotes by Barbara Bush
“I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.”
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”
“I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.”
“I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.”
“I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.”
“Never 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.”
“Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.”
“Value your friendship. Value your relationships.”
“Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.”
“I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.”
“The 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.”
“Avoid this crowd like the plague. And if they quote you, make damn sure they heard you.”
“But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or that or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that, and watch him (her husband, former president George H. W. Bush) suffer?”
“What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they [the Hurricane Katrina refugees in the Houston Astrodome] all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.”
“At 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.”
“Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.”
“Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.”