Nancy Reagan Quotes

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Nancy Reagan

Profession : First Lady

Birth : July 6, 1921

You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.

Nancy Reagan

I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.

Nancy Reagan

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.

Nancy Reagan

I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.

Nancy Reagan

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

Nancy Reagan

I'm doing what I want to do.

Nancy Reagan

I was the one who was always calling people.

Nancy Reagan

I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.

Nancy Reagan

I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.

Nancy Reagan

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.

Nancy Reagan

It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.

Nancy Reagan

Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other.

Nancy Reagan

You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.

Nancy Reagan

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

Nancy Reagan

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.

Nancy Reagan

My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'

Nancy Reagan

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.

Nancy Reagan

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.

Nancy Reagan

My life began with Ronnie.

Nancy Reagan

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.

Nancy Reagan