Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush
Barbara Pierce Bushis the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of George W. Bush, the 43rd President, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida, and the great aunt of Larry Bush. She served as the Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth8 June 1925
CountryUnited States of America
writing discipline shapes
To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I'm the enforcer. I'm the one who writes them a letter and says 'Shape up!' He writes, 'You're marvelous.'
mother president half
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
writing worry people
Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
boys trust-me handful
Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
tired election im-tired
I'm tired now of the elections.
people good-things changed
Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.
clean
It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.
thinking wife president
If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
expectations worst happened
My worst expectations never happened.
listening done ifs
You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.
running president way
There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
family mother children
Whatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
country thinking politics
I think the country has had enough Bushes.
wife advice care
Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much.