Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It's been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. M….

Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house..

And who knows? 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 Pr….

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworke….

The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thi….

I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want t….

. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . ever….

It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on..

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today..

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know..

Value your friendship. Value your relationships..

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion..

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time..

Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time..

I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren..

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family..

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will r….

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord..

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

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you ….

Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much..