When you become first lady, it's like, 'O.K., now what do you do?' — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small or too poor, send the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile. — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
“Is a First Lady truly a necessity? Shouldn't each wife of a president have a right to choose to accept the position… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
First ladies are doing a lot. But the job remains undefined, frequently misunderstood, and subject to political attacks far nastier in some… — Margaret Truman Daniel Copy Share Image
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I want to feel like the things I did made a difference. That's one of the reasons I spend time greeting people… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
She really is a completely different First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt was not going to suffer and withdraw in the White House. And… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has a long track record of service in public life. And you can look at that. I tell the story… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
We've had now eight years and there's this prideful sense among many African Americans. When you think about how elated they are… — Ed Gordon Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
I'm completely perplexed how someone who has most of the mainstream media for Hillary Clinton, well all the mainstream media, well most… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
John Kerry's wife Teresa Heinz is on the cover of Newsweek magazine this week and they said that if he is elected… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The first lady of Uganda is a devoted evangelical and beloved by the faith community. At an evangelical conference in Argentina, one… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
The good diarist writes either for himself alone or for a posterity so distant that it can safely hear every secret and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Few would disagree that Herbert Mullin, who thought he was saving California from the great earthquake by killing people, and Ed Gein,… — Peter Vronsky Copy Share Image
It's interesting to me that really one of the first things she [Eleanor Roosevelt]did as First Lady was to collect her father's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
“What's in a #firstlady title? The rest of their #bickeringbook, and look who's reading each other in proton-order? These kittens have taken… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
“was one of just 27 women out of 235 students in my class at Yale Law School. The first woman partner at… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“For most of my life, I would have automatically said that I would opt for conscientious objector status, and in general, I… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Jean H. Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (New York: Norton, 1987); Joan E. Cashin, First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The life of the President's First Lady would not have been for me. And I don't know how I would have been… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
You can really call Irene Dunne 'The First Lady of Hollywood', because she's the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen. — Leo McCarey Copy Share Image
Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight. — Valerie Trierweiler Copy Share Image
I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Our guest tonight is Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States. She's here to announce her run for president. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
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