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You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other. — Barbara Bush

I don't like the blame game, though. — Barbara Bush

Whatever the era ... one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. — Barbara Bush

Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much. — Barbara Bush

I can say this, now that my own beloved and irreplaceable parents are gone: George and Barbara Bush are parents anyone would kill to have. — Christopher Buckley

Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted. — Barbara Bush

You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect. — Barbara Bush

Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not. — Barbara Bush

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

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

There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run. — Barbara Bush

I'm a little old-fashioned. — Barbara Bush

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. — Barbara Bush

I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you're doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs. — Barbara Bush

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics. — Barbara Bush

I'm taking a vow not to advise. — Barbara Bush

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

I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else. — Barbara Bush

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

If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it. — Barbara Bush

President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how. — Barbara Boxer

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood ... but everyone has something to give. — Barbara Bush

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

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election. — Barbara Bush

My health is very good. — Barbara Bush

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. — 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

You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die. — Barbara Bush

Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It's supposed to be fun. — Barbara Bush

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is. — Barbara Bush

I have a pig valve. — Barbara Bush

Raising George Walker was not easy. — Barbara Bush

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities. — Barbara Bush

Value your friendship. Value your relationships. — Barbara Bush

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting. — Barbara Bush

One thing I can say about George ... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring. — Barbara Bush

I think the country has had enough Bushes. — Barbara Bush

I have been on the receiving end of many blessings in my life, few as great as having known George and Barbara Bush. — Christopher Buckley

Do you remember Barbara Bush? I call her the silver douchebag. — George Carlin

George is the best little dishwasher in Texas. — Barbara Bush

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion. — Barbara Bush

War is not nice. — Barbara Bush

I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all. — Barbara Bush

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today. — Barbara Bush

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

Believe in something larger than yourself ... get involved in the big ideas of your time. — Barbara Bush

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. — Barbara Bush

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me. — Barbara Bush

Your success as a family ... our success as a nation ... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house. — Barbara Bush

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children that, they just about throw up. — Barbara Bush

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

I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's. — Barbara Bush

I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country. — Barbara Bush

I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren. — Barbara Bush

I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush. — Barbara Lee

I look like Barbara Bush in drag." Aunt Jettie — Molly Harper

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject. — Barbara Bush

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way. — Barbara Bush

I don't like attacking. — Barbara Bush

People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring. — Barbara Bush

The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers. — Barbara Bush

I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet. — Barbara Bush

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does. — Barbara Bush

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

I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over. — Barbara Bush

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

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

Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house — Barbara Bush

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George? — Barbara Bush

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

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know. — Barbara Bush

I'm not a one-issue person. — Barbara Bush

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know. — Barbara Bush

You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas. — Barbara Bush

I'm tired now of the elections. — Barbara Bush

My worst expectations never happened. — Barbara Bush

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

I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong. — Barbara Bush

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people. — Barbara Bush

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word. — Barbara Bush

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

Let's judge a man on what he's done. — Barbara Bush

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this - this (chuckles slightly) is working very well for them. — Barbara Bush