All Ann Richards Quotes
- Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work… Achieve
- Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date. Date
- I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make… Addiction
- We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't… Assumption
- We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days,… America
- Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected. Been
- I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you… Best
- Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor… America
- People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods. Group
- I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books. Book
- After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. All
- Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. Born
- The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need. All
- You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig. Call
- I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house. Clean
- I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it. Acted
- Osteoporosis is a disease that attacks the bones in your body. It happens to really almost everyone when they get really old. But for women,… Almost Everyone
- I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in. All
- Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing. Democracy
- People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough. Families
- I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me. Candidates
- There is not a doubt in my mind that the people of America are hunkered down. They are afraid. Afraid
- I have an awfully good life. Awfully
- Everything that we used to think got taught at home now seemingly has to be taught in the public school system, and something is going… Get Lost
- I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio. Born