I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone. — 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
I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back. — Ann Richards Copy Share
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
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
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
Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does. — Ann Richards Copy Share
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
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
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
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date. — Ann Richards Copy Share
Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. — Ann Richards Copy Share
I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. — Ann Richards Copy Share
