Quotes by Barbara Bush

"Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted."

"I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice."

"Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that."

"Raising five boys is a handful, trust me."

"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."

"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."

"The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream."

"Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics."

"You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord."

"I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting."

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

"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."

"I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life."

"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."

"Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things."

"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."

"My health is very good."

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

"Value your friendship. Value your relationships."