Barbara Bush Quotes

    Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
    Barbara Bush
    Friendship
    I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.
    Barbara Bush
    Humorous
    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.
    Barbara Bush
    Politics
    Avoid this crowd like the plague. And if they quote you, make damn sure they heard you.
    Barbara Bush
    Society
    But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or that or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that, and watch him (her husband, former president George H. W. Bush) suffer?
    Barbara Bush
    Politics
    What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they [the Hurricane Katrina refugees in the Houston Astrodome] all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
    Barbara Bush
    Politics