Famous Quotes

"Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that."

Barbara Bush on Women

More quotes about Women

• "A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Women

• "I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

  Marilyn Monroe on Women

• "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Women

• "The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Women

• "As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."

  John Lennon on Women

More quotes by Barbara Bush

• "It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on."

• "The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time."

• "Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships."

• "Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family."

• "To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there."