“In almost every single way, George and I share the same values. And if we differ on some issues, it's very, very minor.” IfsWayValuesIssuesShareMinors Author:Laura Bush
“I said, 'George, if you really want to end tyranny in this world, you're going to have to stay up later.' Nine o'clock and Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep.” IfsWorldWantSaidEndsSoundThis WorldNineTyrannyClockExcitement Author:Laura Bush
“When I heard that heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined - when I heard that, I knew. The other thing that's very important is that heart disease...is preventable. There are some specific lifestyle changes that women can make: losing weight, not smoking, exercising, eating healthy foods. Knowing the risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, [being] overweight. And if you have heart disease in your family, you should see your doctor. Because this disease is preventable.” IfsShouldHeartImportantKnowingRiskHeardBloodExerciseHealthyDiseaseEatingLosingDoctorsWeightPressureCancerLifestyleFactorsOur FamilySmokingDiabetesOverweightHeart DiseaseHealthy FoodBlood PressureCholesterolEating HealthyLifestyle ChangeHigh Blood PressureEating Healthy FoodHigh Cholesterol Author:Laura Bush
“Because women don't expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don't seek help if they have the early symptoms of a heart attack.” IfsHeartHelpingDiseaseSymptomsHeart AttackHeart Disease Author:Laura Bush
“Girls learn how to relate to men from the way their fathers love them. And if their fathers really love them and want the very best for them, then they've seen that kind of good behavior that they'd want in a husband.” IfsMenWayWantKindGirlFatherHusbandBehaviorRelateGood Behavior Author:Laura Bush
“Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.” IfsKnowsWellsChanceRightsViolenceProtectAbuseInjusticeEducatedSecureWell Educated Author:Laura Bush
“I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't realize or that the American people don't realize. If other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. If there are ways we can prevent if there are ways we can help other countries defeat diseases, we're about to totally eradicate polio. And can you imagine? That would be so terrific.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayCountryHelpingWould BeRealizingChanceImagineSecurityDiseaseTreatsDefeatHelping OthersStableImagine ThatTiedOther CountriesNational SecurityTerrificPolio Author:Laura Bush
“If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use their own very limited resources in ways that help their people. And also there's a hopelessness associated with deadly diseases, that if that can be alleviated, people can build their own economies in their own countries and they'll be less reliant on the developed world for help.” PeopleIfsWorldWayGivingCountryHelpingUseCareChanceEconomyDiseaseResourcesBurdenHealth CareOther CountriesHopelessnessLimited ResourcesDeadly Diseases Author:Laura Bush
“Children know that if they have a question about the world, the library is the place to find the answer. And someone will always be there to help them find the answer-our librarians. (A librarian's) job is an important one. Our nation runs on the fuel of information and imagination that libraries provide. And they are in charge of collecting and sharing this information in a helpful way. Librarians inform the public, and by doing so, they strengthen our great democracy.” IfsKnowsWorldWayChildrenImportantHelpingRunningJobsNationsImaginationAnswersDemocracyInformationLibraryFuelHelpfulLibrarianCollecting Author:Laura Bush
“You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. If George is good at anything, it's timing.” IfsKnowsWould BeTodayPoliticalOpportunityPoliticsRaceSittingTexasGovernorsTimingSitting Around Author:Laura Bush
“The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we have all manner of words and phrases, some helpful, some not. Still, we are conditioned to say something, even if it is only 'I am sorry for your loss.' But for an absence, for someone who was never there at all, we are wordless to capture that particular emptiness. For those who deeply want children and are denied them, those missing babies hover like silent, ephemeral shadows over their lives. Who can describe the feel of a tiny hand that is never held?” IfsWantFeelsChildrenStillsHandsLanguageParentLossMissingParticularBabyShadowSilentSorryAbsenceTinyPhrasesEmptinessHelpfulCaptureDeniedGrandparentSpouseEnglish LanguageMournEphemeralI Am SorryAm SorryYour LossLoss Of A ParentTiny Hands Book:Spoken from the Heart Source: Spoken from the Heart
“If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.” IfsDifferentHomeHouseWaitingWhitePlansHusbandOfficeLateLettersMeetingsQuittingDifferent ThingsMy HusbandWhite HouseAfternoon Author:Laura Bush
