Quotes from Barbara Bush

Let's judge a man on what he's done.

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

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.

Someday, someone will follow in my footsteps and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. And I wish him well.

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

Believe in something larger than yourself.

The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.

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

War is not nice.

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

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

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.

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

I'm a little old-fashioned.

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

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

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

I have a pig valve.

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

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

I don't like attacking.

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.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.