30 Quotes By Barbara Bush


It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.
Barbara Bush on car

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.
Barbara Bush on change

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
Barbara Bush on faith

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
Barbara Bush on family

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
Barbara Bush on family

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
Barbara Bush on family

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.
Barbara Bush on family

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.
Barbara Bush on family

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
Barbara Bush on family

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
Barbara Bush on family

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
Barbara Bush on friendship

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
Barbara Bush on government

My health is very good.
Barbara Bush on health

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
Barbara Bush on home

Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.
Barbara Bush on hope

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.
Barbara Bush on life

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
Barbara Bush on life

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
Barbara Bush on marriage

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
Barbara Bush on mom

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
Barbara Bush on money