Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnsonwas First Lady of the United States, as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth22 December 1912
CityKarnack, TX
CountryUnited States of America
pain problem odd
It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.
jobs land childhood
My special cause, the one that alerts my interest and quickens the pace of my life, is to preserve the wildflowers and native plants that define the regions of our land-to encourage and promote their use in appropriate areas, and thus help pass on to generation in waiting the quiet jobs and satisfactions I have known since my childhood.
children mean air
Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.
christmas bustle bother
Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.
community important spirit
While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.
memories lucky treasure
How lucky we are to have such a treasure of memories.
self important towns
I love Washington, but it is a self-important town.
inspirational wonderful creation
It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.
opportunity unique vantage-point
I was keenly aware that I had a unique opportunity, a front row seat, on an unfolding story and nobody else was going to see it from quite the vantage point that I saw it.
jobs husband wife
I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.
dinner too-much delicious
We had a delicious dinner of too much.
elected lady public servant unpaid
The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.
believe children
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
american-firstlady art beyond immediate man nor
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.