Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse,… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
Young women should begin to build bone mass early in their lives. The more mass there is, the less they will lose in later… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I've always told my children that life is like a layer cake. You get to put one layer on top of the other, and… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image