12 Quotes By Ann Richards


I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.
Ann Richards on dad

Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.
Ann Richards on health

I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before.
Ann Richards on health

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.
Ann Richards on morning

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
Ann Richards on politics

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.
Ann Richards on politics

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.
Ann Richards on politics

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.
Ann Richards on sad

Weight-bearing exercise builds bone density, builds your muscular strength so that you can hold your body up where those bones have a tendency to get weak.
Ann Richards on strength

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.
Ann Richards on teacher

I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in.
Ann Richards on travel

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.
Ann Richards on work