Quotes from Cindy McCain

We don't need more bullying, and I'm tired of it.

Sunglasses are a migraine sufferer's best friend.

I did learn a great deal about my husband but I also learned something about myself: I made a wise choice. I think he's a good man.

Having a strong father, I wanted an older man.

I would feel safe with my husband as president. I think Barack Obama is a fine man. I think Michelle Obama is a fine woman. This is about who would be better and I think my husband would be better.

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.

Some people gain weight during times of stress, but I lose weight.

The strength of women and women's rights around the world are especially important because that affects children and families. And the cascade effect is remarkable.

Nobody wants to sell their child, but what they wind up doing is selling their child to be able to support their family.

Gweneth Paltrow is a joke. Her life is like taking bullets for a soldier. What a joke! My 2 sons serving in the military should talk to her.

You know, chemo and radiation is a very tough customer. It does so much good, but it also does a lot of damage.

What matters is that our country is strong and respected and safe. We really are, you know, a very good country. We make our mistakes, but we're also very, very strong. And so I don't know. You know, I hold grudges. But I do believe in the process. With all my heart, I believe in the process. And I believe in our country.

My own feeling is we need more compassion, we need more empathy, we need more togetherness, in terms of working together.

There has to be some decorum left in politics and in American journalism as well. Our husbands are the candidates.

I try not to do it in a way that is hurtful, but I always tell him the truth, and he tells me the same thing. I trust him the most, and I know he trusts me the most.

My husband's the first one to say, "This is not the end of the world." We're doing what we want to do - what we have chosen to do - and we know the risks involved.

I grew up with my dad. I'm an only child. My father was a cowboy, and he really loved me very much, but I think he wanted a son occasionally.

What intrigued me about him was his intelligence, his humor. I'd been all over the world. I had started a career. At that point, I had sort of committed myself to not committing. I didn't want to have to raise a husband, but he was so sophisticated and so funny.

I would continue to do the things that I do. I'd get into the field and work, and be an example to other people that you can't rely on the government to be the answer to everything.

I'm an emotional woman when it comes to service to our country. I watched many people's children leave and go serve. This is something that is the fiber of the McCain family. It was nothing more than me just saying I believe in this country so strongly.

I think it's a right that every American parent should have - choice and competition in education, and choice in schools are most important to me.

In everything I do, my children come first, and my husband. I just think it's so important to maintain family stability.