English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Barbara Bush Quotes

Barbara Bush quote: "I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me..."

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.

Barbara Bush

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Anne Lamott’s priest friend Tom, how to get through: "Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said. "Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe." Salon April 25, 2003 Anne Lamott
Ekaterina Gordeeva quote: "I like to cook good meals, especially when I have a lot of time."
I like to cook good meals, especially when I have a lot of time. Ekaterina Gordeeva
More and more individuals, owing to their bloodless indolence, will aspire to be nothing at all--in order to become the public: that abstract whole formed in the most ludicrous way, by all participants becoming a third party (an onlooker). Soren Kierkegaard
I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music. Keith Urban
Suze Orman quote: "If you're financially responsible, your children have a much..."
If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible. Suze Orman
Our society is so fragmented, our family lives so sundered by physical and emotional distance, our friendships so sporadic, our intimacies so 'in-between' things and often so utilitarian, that there are few places where we can feel truly safe. Henri Nouwen
What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet somehow, it wasn't enough. I had a hole in me, and everything I took for granted slipped through it like sand. I felt like I had swallowed yeast, like whatever evil was festering inside me had doubled in size. Jodi Picoult
Emma Bonino quote: "I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which..."
I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready. Emma Bonino
Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of honour to have information about everything, every stone, plant, battle, or experiment and about all books, collectively and individually. It never occurs to them that information is merely a means to insight, but in itself is of little or no value. Arthur Schopenhauer
Larry King quote: "The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal..."
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business. Larry King
I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly. I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too. I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies. I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system. I believe... Neil Gaiman
There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time. Jill Clayburgh
Cameron Diaz quote: "I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman."
I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman. Cameron Diaz
Roberto Bolano quote: "With every day that passes I am more convinced that the act of..."
With every day that passes I am more convinced that the act of writing is a concious act of humility. Roberto Bolano
Michael Crichton quote: "Expectation works in mysterious ways---and totally unconsciously."
Expectation works in mysterious ways---and totally unconsciously. Michael Crichton