First lady Quote by Betty Ford Download Open image “I had thought I would hate being First Lady... I loved it.” — Betty Ford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare First lady Firsts Hate Inspirational
The life of the President's First Lady would not have been for me. And I don't know how I would have been as a… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
It was heartbreaking . . . I think it was disappointing because I had such an identity in being 'Mrs. Parker', and being a… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I did not see myself as a leading lady. I thought I was really funny-looking and I would never be the lead, and I… — Kathy Baker Copy Share Image
So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' — Vicki Lawrence Copy Share Image
I'd be just incredibly humbled and honored to be the first woman president. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I couldn't stand it. It was what I thought I always wanted. I was there every day in the trenches, and I hated everything… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I was a married woman and I had a baby. I would have adored it, but I just couldn't do it because I'm a… — Ruth Warrick Copy Share Image
I remember when I did Little Women, I didn't watch the Katharine Hepburn one over and over, which I thought I would do. Heathers,… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up. — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
It's my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
We're full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care,… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do. — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot about myself. Most of it is all right. When I add up the pluses and subtract the minuses, I still… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself. — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began. — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
But my activities have been pretty much focused in the last almost 30 years on the recovery, of my own recovery, the understanding for… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it… — Betty Ford 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 the next… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When Hillary Clinton was in the Clinton White House as first lady, the left - the right accused her of being wide eyed radical… — David Corn Copy Share Image
Throughout Ronnie's presidency, there was an ongoing public discussion as to how much influence the first lady should have on the president. It's hardly… — Nancy Reagan Copy Share Image
The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband. — Lady Bird Johnson Copy Share Image
I truly admire President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers. — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
I think the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although first ladies… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Everyone has some dysfunction in their families. They have to deal with it. You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the… — Hillary Clinton 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 president, an… — Kitty Kelley 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 off their… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
I want to be Michelle Obama when I grow up. Not the First Lady stuff, but the cool mom, great speaker, advocate stuff. She's… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image