Laura Bush
I think doctors have really come up to speed and understand that more women than men die of heart disease. [But] all the research on heart disease has really been based on men, and needs to be updated with research on women - even very early-stage research is done using male rats!Collection: Heart
When I taught school, we just had the school cafeteria; we didn't have machines or things for children to buy food from. But parents can try to educate their children about choices. A lot of everything we're talking about that has to do with heart disease has to do with the choices that we make.Collection: Children
Don't start smoking. It's much harder to stop than it is not to start at all.Collection: Smoking
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.Collection: Nine
I think it’s important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons.Collection: Thinking
AIDS respects no national boundaries; spares no race or religion; devastates men and women, rich and poor. No country can ignore this crisis. Fighting AIDS is an urgent calling - because every life, in every land, has value and dignity.Collection: Country
It was an honor and a thrill to have the chance to meet His Holiness, Pope Benedict, and then to have lunch with Prime Minister Berlusconi.... I think Italy and the U. S. have a very strong friendship and relationship, and I'm proud of that.Collection: Strong
When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they’re important – that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.Collection: Reading
There is nothing political about American literature.Collection: Reading
Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They’re more likely to excell in school. They’re more likely to graduate secondary school and go to college.Collection: Reading