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First Lady Quotes

My children were born into this. They will always be the grandchildren of the President and First Lady of the United States.
- Columba Bush

The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
- George W Bush

Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own.
- Laura Bush

I turned to books for comfort.
(Former First Lady, Laura Bush)
- Laura Bush

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.
- Hillary Clinton

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.
- Sasha Cohen

I always enjoyed politics. I worked at the White House recently, primarily for the First Lady. Because of my experience running my travel agency, I was in charge of the files she kept on the Travel Office.
- Joseph Force Crater

Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it'll be her wings not her face that'll make my mouth fall open. I've already seen the prettiest face that ever could be.
- Kurt Vonnegut

If the first lady is concerned about this Internet cycle, what would she have done during the heyday when there was 12, 13 editions of a paper in one day? What would she have done with that news cycle?
- Matt Drudge

You are the leader here. Obviiusly your skills are far superior to mine. I don't think I could fit into your life. I'm a loner, not the first lady.
- Christine Feehan

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

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.
- Claudia Johnson

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.
- Lady Bird Johnson

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

I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
- Jackie Kennedy

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
- Imelda Marcos

I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.
- Imelda Marcos

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
- Imelda Marcos

My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.
- Lee Myungbak

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
- Pat Nixon

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

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.
- Richard M Nixon

Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very disengaged, with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States of America and you just getting through school, I want you to know we have very much in common. For nothing in my life ever would have predicted that I would be standing here as the first African-American First Lady.
- Michelle Obama

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
- Nancy Reagan

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.
- Ann Romney

Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised.
- Mitt Romney

There has been an awful lot of time and money spent looking at the president over the last four years The American people saw through those investigations. They voted for the president. And despite all of this time and attention, nothing has turned up because the president and the first lady did nothing wrong.
- George Stephanopoulos

When Mrs. Bush was First Lady, she went all over the Mideast talking about breast cancer awareness and the need for early screening. She did this in places where the cultures prohibit such discussion or even detection efforts.
- Greta Van Susteren

To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.
- Tom Vilsack

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