Quotes from Ann Richards

Well, let me tell you, any conservative that's unhappy with George Bush warms my heart, in any way that they can wake up and smell the coffee would be really great.

I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

Sometimes when I'm watching television and something, an image, will come on that has to do with 9/11 or some of these families telling their stories, or children talking about drawing pictures of airplanes flying into towers, you know, I find myself still choking up.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.

I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me.

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

Life isn't fair, but government must be.

I've always told my children that life is like a layer cake. You get to put one layer on top of the other, and whether you frost it or not is up to you.

Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.

Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.

I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.