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.
boys trust-me handful
Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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.
wife advice care
Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much.
good-luck people judgement
Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
country writing people
If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
husband golf two
As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
attacking
I don't like attacking.
government cost controversial
I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.