Quotes from Barbara Bush

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

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

My health is very good.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

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.

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.

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.

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

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

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

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

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.

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

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president' s spouse. I wish him well

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

I'm tired now of the elections.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

You don't just luck into things. ... You build step by step whether it's friendships or opportunities.