We always get up about 5:30, and George gets up and goes in and gets the coffee and brings it to me, and that's been our ritual since we got married. And we read the newspapers in bed and drink coffee for about an hour probably, read our briefing papers.
It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years.
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.
I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall want to come out of their frames for a friendly chat.
Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own.
Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.
They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted.
I mean, it's fun for us to talk about issues. You know, there's no one issue we spend a lot of time on probably, because he gets to do that all day with somebody else who's a lot more expert at issues than I am.
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses, or musicians. And you know, I've been a big fan of different musicians or actors.
In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.
I'm not the one who was elected. I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.
You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well.
A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.
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 then, it's too late.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.