Famous quotes by First Ladys

Small: Ill be a wife and mother first, then First Lady
Jackie Kennedy
"I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: I want to live my life, not record it
Jackie Kennedy
"I want to live my life, not record it"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: I want minimum information given with maximum politeness
Jackie Kennedy
"I want minimum information given with maximum politeness"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long.
Jackie Kennedy
"I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: I dont understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand do
Jackie Kennedy
"I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: I am a woman above everything else
Jackie Kennedy
"I am a woman above everything else"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things
Jackie Kennedy
"I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: He didnt even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist
Jackie Kennedy
"He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moment
Jackie Kennedy
"Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy
"Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the
Jackie Kennedy
"Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world
Jackie Kennedy
"Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor
Jackie Kennedy
"An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane
Jackie Kennedy
"A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flickin
Jackie Kennedy
"Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then weve made it
Jackie Kennedy
"When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: What is sad for women of my generation is that they werent supposed to work if they had families. What were th
Jackie Kennedy
"What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed
Jackie Kennedy
"There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: There are many little ways to enlarge your childs world. Love of books is the best of all
Jackie Kennedy
"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: The only routine with me is no routine at all
Jackie Kennedy
"The only routine with me is no routine at all"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse
Jackie Kennedy
"The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and Im thankful to have once again seen our world through their
Jackie Kennedy
"The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes
Jackie Kennedy
"Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes"
Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
Small: Were full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Con
Betty Ford
"We're full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care, helps them with their success. Because it's difficult the first year"
Betty Ford, First Lady
Small: This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself
Betty Ford
"This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself"
Betty Ford, First Lady
Small: The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women
Betty Ford
"The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women"
Betty Ford, First Lady
Small: Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help
Betty Ford
"Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help"
Betty Ford, First Lady
Small: My makeup wasnt smeared, I wasnt disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how cou
Betty Ford
"My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?"
Betty Ford, First Lady
Small: Its always been my feeling that God lends you your children until theyre about eighteen years old. If you have
Betty Ford
"It's always been 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"
Betty Ford, First Lady
Small: Isnt that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they al
Betty Ford
"Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they stood by the street and had in their hands placards that said 'Gerald Our Ford'. That meant so much to us as we were driving into Washington"
Betty Ford, First Lady