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
children husband marvelous
I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
family mother children
Whatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
mom mother children
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
family children dirty
The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
children loss thinking
I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
children likes election
Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
teacher children reading
The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.
love marriage children
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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.'
easy walkers
Raising George Walker was not easy.
people anarchy arena
And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this - this (chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.
life eye cooking
Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It's been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving's better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam's Club.
abortion outspoken
I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
fun careers talking
Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It's supposed to be fun.