Laura Bush Quotes

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up.

First Lady sounds like the name of a race horse.

Historically, the most favorably viewed figure in any administration is the first lady, regardless of her husband's popularity. That is largely because first ladies avoid the political fray and are ritualistically presented as a warm, human presence in the White House.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

Michelle has had to grapple with Hilary Clinton's legacy as First Lady... Michelle Obama never wants to be seen as the kind of First Lady who is overly involved in the West Wing.

It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious.

There's a rigid template a first lady has to fit into. You're either the Dragon Lady or the Happy Homemaker.

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 housewife.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse. Would you notify the telephone operators and everyone else that I'm to be known simply as Mrs. Kennedy and not as First Lady.

Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.

I hate it when people call me a teen queen.

I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.

There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.

First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.

My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You know, they live in the White House, they go to state dinners, they ride on Air Force One, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But first ladies do often feel that they are given short shrift or forgotten or left at the margins.

I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.

I'm not a sex symbol.

Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

I hope I helped change people's preconceptions about 'Page 3' girls by appearing on Newsnight and at the Oxford Union debate.

Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to disgrace because of deeds over which she had neither control nor knowledge.

Celebrity is very weird.