Top 87 Quotes & Sayings by Nancy Reagan
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American first lady Nancy Reagan.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I don't really yell at people.
With Alzheimer's patients, you have to be very careful what you say when you're looking at them over their bed. Because once in a while, they understand it.
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 must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.
I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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 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.
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.
My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.
I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.
My life really began when I married my husband.
It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.
It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.
I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
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.
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.
I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
I've always gone for the more understated look.
My life began with Ronnie.
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.
Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.
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.
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.
Don't say I was tough. I was strong. I had to be, because Ronnie liked everybody and sometimes didn't see - or refused to see - what the people around him were really up to. But everything I did, I did for Ronnie. I did for love.
I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.
I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.
My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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.
You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.
I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.
I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
I was the one who was always calling people.
Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.
Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other.
I voted for McCain. But I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organized, very, very good. I was very impressed.
You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.
I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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.
I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.
I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.
From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
A lot of what acting is paying attention.
The movies were custard compared to politics.
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.
I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.
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.
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 was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.
I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
I'm doing what I want to do.
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