Barbara Bush

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

“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.”

“I'm taking a vow not to advise.”

“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.”

“You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.”

“Raising George Walker was not easy.”

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

“My health is very good.”

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

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

“I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.”

“War is not nice.”

“If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.”

“I don't like the blame game, though.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Value your friendship. Value your relationships.”