Laura Bush Quotes

It's a huge advantage to have parents who read to you. And it's an advantage that lasts a lifetime. ~ Laura Bush

Bluffton is growing. But we must hold on to that small-town character. ~ Laura Bush

I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too. ~ Laura Bush

But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted. ~ Laura Bush

As parents, the most important thing we can do
is read to our children early and often. Reading
is the path to success in school and life. When
children learn to love books, they learn to love
learning. ~ Laura Bush

When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country. ~ Jenna Bush

Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They're more likely to excell in school. They're more likely to graduate secondary school and go to college. ~ Laura Bush

My husband and I have always incorporated things into our life that reduce stress. We're very careful with our health. We go to bed early. In this job, fatigue would be very detrimental! We've always eaten very healthily; now it's really particularly easy because we have a chef. ~ Laura Bush

When I heard that heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined - when I heard that, I knew. The other thing that's very important is that heart disease ... is preventable. There are some specific lifestyle changes that women can make: losing weight, not smoking, exercising, eating healthy foods. Knowing the risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, [being] overweight. And if you have heart disease in your family, you should see your doctor. Because this disease is preventable. ~ Laura Bush

I turned to books for comfort. (Former First Lady, Laura Bush) ~ Laura Bush

I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view. ~ Laura Bush

But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good reader of people, and he's very perceptive about people, and you know, that's fine. ~ Laura Bush

We see all around the world where women's rights are denied, where governments don't believe in educating their girls. There are 800 million people in the world who are illiterate and 75 percent of them are women and girls. ~ Laura Bush

Diseases don't respect borders. You know, just at the edge of the American border, that isn't the edge of diseases. We need to be sure that we're looking worldwide. And it is in our security interest, as well as our moral interest, to pay attention to the rest of the world. ~ Laura Bush

It's really important, obviously, for people to realize that it is a very small percentage, only 1 percent of our total economy, of our total budget, and I think that's important for people to know. But I also know that Americans are very generous and that many, many Americans are proud that their taxpayer dollar has saved lives in Africa through the president's malaria initiative or through PEPFAR, the emergency relief plan for AIDS. ~ Laura Bush

I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free, and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures, and where everything drew a free breath.
the Great Comanche war chief, Ten Bears ~ Laura Bush

I think it's important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons. ~ Laura Bush

There is nothing political about American literature. ~ Laura Bush

Midway through my treatments, I was at the White House to do an interview with President Bush's press secretary, Tony Snow. He had recently revealed he was facing cancer for a second time. While there I was told that the First Lady, Laura Bush, wanted to see me in the private residence for tea. Mrs. Bush has a family history of breast cancer. She personally invited me to accompany her on a portion of an international breast cancer initiative with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and I couldn't pass up this opportunity. My doctors cleared me to travel - although getting my mom's blessing was far more difficult. Remember, I was in the middle of chemo treatments. I spent time with Mrs. Bush in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, in the UAE and in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I met some incredible women on the trip. ~ Robin Roberts

I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school. ~ Laura Bush

I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to them so naturally. It wasn't forced. This is their character, and it's a big advantage I have, being raised by people like this, having a secure and stable life, and a lot of love and encouragement. ~ Laura Bush

There's a very close tie between good health and good education. ~ Laura Bush

Education is spreading hope. Millions are now learning to live with HIV/AIDS - instead of waiting to die from it. ~ Laura Bush

We always get up about 5:30, and George gets up and goes in and gets the coffee and brings it to me, and that's been our ritual since we got married. And we read the newspapers in bed and drink coffee for about an hour probably, read our briefing papers. ~ Laura Bush

My mother was my Girl Scout leader, and George's mother was his Cub Scout leader. In fact, that's when some say her hair turned white. ~ Laura Bush

There are gender health differences, and we need to know what they are. ~ Laura Bush

No one likes to be criticized. ~ Laura Bush

I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them. ~ Laura Bush

I think doctors have really come up to speed and understand that more women than men die of heart disease. [But] all the research on heart disease has really been based on men, and needs to be updated with research on women - even very early-stage research is done using male rats! ~ Laura Bush

Giving homeless children the chance to be educated, giving them this ticket to their futures, is so wonderful. They will have the chance to not repeat the suffering of their childhoods in their own families. They can build secure and safe lives for themselves and their children. ~ Laura Bush

When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm - spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George, I'll never know. ~ Laura Bush

Politics is a people business. I like people. ~ Laura Bush

Books are important. They help you sleep at night. ~ Laura Bush

It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life
a positive life, a happy life. ~ Laura Bush

Well, I think that we ought to definitely look at it and debate it. I think there are a lot of people who have trouble coming to terms with that because they see marriage as traditionally being between a man and a woman. But I also know that when couples are committed to each other and love each other, that they ought to have, I think, the same sort of rights that everyone has. ~ Laura Bush

A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone. ~ Laura Bush

It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart. ~ Laura Bush

Maybe it is the media that has us divided. ~ Laura Bush

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile. ~ Laura Bush

They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls. ~ Laura Bush

Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights. ~ Laura Bush

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. ~ Laura Bush

Any criticism of someone you love is hard to take ... ~ Laura Bush

There are a lot of women that I think are very powerful and would be great presidents. ~ Laura Bush

It's really important for boys to have a father around, or a grandfather, or an uncle - a man they can really relate to who loves them, and who they know loves them. ~ Laura Bush

The English language lacks the words to mourn an absence. For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend, we have all manner of words and phrases, some helpful some not. Still we are conditioned to say something, even if it is only "I'm sorry for your loss." But for an absence, for someone who was never there at all, we are wordless to capture that particular emptiness. For those who deeply want children and are denied them, those missing babies hover like silent ephemeral shadows over their lives. Who can describe the feel of a tiny hand that is never held? ~ Laura Bush

I played Laura Bush in a Tony Kushner piece, and afterward, I think my phones got tapped. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

The theft of brown women's narratives is not only an injustice placed on them, but also one extended to their male counterparts; by insisting they need to be liberated from their 'barbaric' civilization, Laura [Bush] summoned the colonial assertion that brown women need saving from brown men, when, in actuality, brown women have suffered at the hands of white men more than at those of any other oppressor in history. ~ Amani Al-Khatahtbeh

Reading will give you lasting pleasure. ~ First Lady Laura Bush

For countries to succeed, for democracies to succeed, the women and men in those countries need to be free. Women and men need to know their rights. ~ Laura Bush

Time spent in nature decreases stress and anxiety and improves focus for adults as well as children. ~ Laura Bush

Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights. ~ Laura Bush

I see that one part of the education of women is health education. We know that women who are educated have much healthier families ... ~ Laura Bush

She referred to the library, any library, as a sanctuary. She made a point of visiting them when we were on vacation, as though they were a common tourist attraction. The only time I ever heard her talk politics was when she found out Laura Bush was a librarian. She was so excited. "Think of how much funding they'll get," she gushed. ~ Abby Fabiaschi

I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card. ~ Laura Bush

We all, parents, educators, community leaders, and every ... citizen, need to come together to find new ways to engage children with the natural environment. ~ Laura Bush

If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use their own very limited resources in ways that help their people. And also there's a hopelessness associated with deadly diseases, that if that can be alleviated, people can build their own economies in their own countries and they'll be less reliant on the developed world for help. ~ Laura Bush

We need to alert women everywhere about the seriousness of heart disease. ~ Laura Bush

I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. ~ Teresa Heinz

In contrast to my husband, I can pronounce the word nuclear. ~ Laura Bush

I'm inspired by my faith and all the different people around me. ~ Laura Bush

I said, 'George, if you really want to end tyranny in this world, you're going to have to stay up later.' Nine o'clock and Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep ... ~ Laura Bush

Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way. ~ Laura Bush

When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable. ~ Laura Bush

I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else does. And I wanted to draw attention to these organizations and recognize the contributions they were making to the country and to our children in particular. ~ Laura Bush

I don't really think our government at heart wants peace. So I urge you, write to Mrs. Laura Bush, because she reads. ~ Sandra Cisneros

When you reach out to others in need, when you reach out to the world, you really do have a satisfying life by helping others. ~ Laura Bush

Nothing attracts attention like a red dress. ~ Laura Bush

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages
and sages
and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside. ~ Laura Bush

Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.' ~ Oriana Fallaci

When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them. ~ Laura Bush

I'm not wild about the term first lady. I'd just like to be called Laura Bush. ~ Laura Bush

I like politics. I like traveling in the United States. ~ Laura Bush

As long as we have books, we are not alone. ~ Laura Bush

Girls learn how to relate to men from the way their fathers love them. And if their fathers really love them and want the very best for them, then they've seen that kind of good behavior that they'd want in a husband. ~ Laura Bush

We seldom give each other advice-I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage. ~ Laura Bush

I admire Laura Bush because she's the only librarian who would marry an illiterate. ~ Hal Sparks

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning. ~ Laura Bush

Children know that if they have a question about the world, the library is the place to find the answer. And someone will always be there to help them find the answer-our librarians. (A librarian's) job is an important one. Our nation runs on the fuel of information and imagination that libraries provide. And they are in charge of collecting and sharing this information in a helpful way. Librarians inform the public, and by doing so, they strengthen our great democracy. ~ Laura Bush

What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes. ~ Laura Bush

An educated child is better equipped to handle all the challenges of life, from finding work to avoiding diseases like HIV/AIDS. ~ Laura Bush

Certainly the women's health part is something that I've become very interested in. It's not something I thought about when George [Bush] was elected ... what I'd always been interested in was education. ~ Laura Bush

I mean, it's fun for us to talk about issues. You know, there's no one issue we spend a lot of time on probably, because he gets to do that all day with somebody else who's a lot more expert at issues than I am. ~ Laura Bush

I still believe we wasted a golden opportunity to make significant changes in our country. I think people in America would have been ready and willing to do it, but the [George W.] Bush administration took a kind of simplistic, almost moronic approach to it, all because people were so afraid. ~ Paul Auster

And she does not feel jilted, even one year on. Ben was weak or, fatal combination, weak and good. Jilting implied, if not malice, then aforethought and he was considerate to a fault and not a planner. As he had confessed all those months ago he was not the powerful one in his marriage, not when Chloe was near enough to influence him.
As the weeks wore on laura realised
that whatever offstage battle had taken place, she had lost. Chloe might not love him more, but her love it seemed, had proved the most tenacious. And, who knew, perhaps she had surprised them both with her strength of feeling. Perhaps it had taken such a crisis for him finally to fall in love with her and he had woken to the novel wonder of her as a man returning from a fever would be astounded at the mundane pleasure of grapes or daisies. ~ Patrick Gale

The White House announced on Monday the Prime Minister of Australia will visit President Bush in September. We have a lot in common. Australia started out as a prison colony, while the United States has evolved into one. ~ Argus Hamilton

Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life? ~ Laura Marling

Cynical, self-deprecating, affected, indiscriminate, patronizing, immature, as sloppy intellectually as he was with his desk, fickle, vain, virile, brooding, pedantic, philandering...in short, Byronic, Byronic, Byronic, almost to the point of parody. ~ Laura Elizabeth Woollett

We want to fight."
"And I want J.K. Rowling to keep writing in the Potterverse, but I know that's never going to happen," I said blithely. ~ Laura Kreitzer

America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray. ~ George W. Bush

I want a place where I can have horses. ~ Laura Branigan

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation. ~ Laura Schlessinger

You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first. ~ Laura Linney

George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to press, but 9/11 really gave them direction. It gave them a purpose. ~ Josh Brolin

There is seemingly no biological benefit to acting with conscience; if there were, only moral individuals would survive and procreate. Sadly, we know that's not true. The benefit of conscience is that you won't suffer guilt (private) or shame (public), and that by your own self-imposed definition, you are a moral human, a special kind of animal who takes unique pride in elevating him/herself above the termites. ~ Laura Schlessinger

The United States had a long bipartisan tradition of negotiating with even its worst enemies, from John Kennedy
'Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate
to Richard Nixon's opening with China, to Ronald Reagan's famous 'walk in the woods' with MIkhail Gorbachev. Obama's position was firmly in line with longstanding diplomatic practice. George W. Bush's post-9/11 policy
'You are either for us or against us'
was the exception, and a bad one. It removed subtlety from international affairs. ~ Mark Bowden

We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like The Waltons and less like The Simpsons. ~ George H. W. Bush

That night, lying exhausted in my swag, covered with salt water and river mud, I had a single thought running through my mind over and over. Thank God that Steve was there. Wherever I was in the Australian bush, whatever I was doing, I resolved that Steve had to be with me. I felt that as long as he was there, no matter what accident or incident happened, I knew I would be fine.
It wasn't just that I knew Steve would protect me and that his knowledge of the bush was so complete. I was beginning to sense something we would both come to feel and talk about seriously. When we were together, nothing bad would happen. Apart, we might be vulnerable. It was hard to explain, but it was as if the universe had brought us together and now we were as one. Whatever it was, we both felt it. ~ Terri Irwin

Scarecrows weren't meant to scare the crows, they were meant to scare the corn. It was enough to give a person nightmares. Otherwise, why would so many horror movies have cornfields in them? ~ Laura Ruby

Secrets, once spoken, have a way of running away from you. They cannot be gathered in again. ~ Laura Lam