[ in 2013, on the notion that son Jeb might run for President] We've had enough Bushes.
You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
[on support for The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy] Our friends hide their wallets when they see us coming. But we are desperate to solve this problem. We have some exciting ideas we would like to try.
[on the advantage of having turned ninety] Sometimes when someone asks me to do something I really don't want to do, I can say, "I might not be alive." It works.