Barbara Bush Quotes

16 quotes from 15 authors

Readers encounter a lively mix of reflections on Barbara Bush’s public service and personal warmth. A journalist’s candid diary about reviewing her memoir sits beside a family member’s nostalgic bedtime story, together revealing her compassionate voice and the era she helped shape.

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Do you remember Barbara Bush? I call her the silver douchebag.

George Carlin

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“I look like Barbara Bush in drag." Aunt Jettie”

Molly Harper

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Almost all first ladies have had tremendous power on personnel issues, whether the public realized it or not, whether it was Barbara…

Dee Dee Myers

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People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities…

Robert Teeter

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“Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives,, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how…

Tatiana

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Happy birthday to former First Lady Barbara Bush, who turned seventy-seven this week. Unfortunately, where her granddaughters helped blow out the candles…

Craig Kilborn

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I was one of the first people to almost actually vomit over hearing the use of the phrase "family values" and I…

Paula Poundstone

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And so, as they climb the ladder of achievement, I'd simply say, remember what Barbara Bush told those girls at Wellesley: "What…

George H. W. Bush

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The last book I read to my mom was 'Barbara Bush: A Memoir' published by mom in 1994. It reflected on their…

Neil Bush

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Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and…

Timothy Egan

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“A few months ago, I was sitting morosely at my desk, wondering why I had ever agreed to review Barbara Bush: A…

Christopher Hitchens

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“Said the writer of Proverbs, ‘Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will…

Gordon B. Hinckley

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“In the contest of upward mobility, Barack and Michelle Obama have won. But they’ve won by being twice as good—and enduring twice…

Anonymous

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Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. Im so glad shes back and more compassionate than ever, ... Thats…

Sandra Bernhard

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“In the contest of upward mobility, Barack and Michelle Obama have won. But they’ve won by being twice as good—and enduring twice…

Anonymous

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“For most of my life, I would have automatically said that I would opt for conscientious objector status, and in general, I…

David Rakoff

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