Nancy Reagan
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.Collection: Great
Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.Collection: Hope
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.Collection: Death
Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.Collection: Medical
You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.Collection: Space
I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.Collection: Marriage
I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise.
I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.
Just say no to drugs!
Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential.
The movies were custard compared to politics.
For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!
I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You know it's not good. You know there's no light at the end of the tunnel. That's the only way you can go. But you really don't know anything about it. And you don't know what to expect.
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.
You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.
As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.
I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.
I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.
People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
A lot of what acting is paying attention.
I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.
My life really began when I married my husband.
I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.
I don't really yell at people.
I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.
I've always gone for the more understated look.
I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don't want the trouble with the maintenance and all of that.
I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.
It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher.
My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.
I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.
I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.
I'm doing what I want to do.
I was the one who was always calling people.
I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.