Ann Richards Quotes

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.
Ann Richards

Work, Done, Teaching

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.
Ann Richards

Young, Mistake, Role

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.
Ann Richards

Life, Strong, Feelings

There is not a doubt in my mind that the people of America are hunkered down. They are afraid.
Ann Richards

Mind, Doubt, Down

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.
Ann Richards

Best, Mother, Live

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
Ann Richards

Politics, Hurt, Friends

Everything that we used to think got taught at home now seemingly has to be taught in the public school system, and something is going to get lost in the process.
Ann Richards

Home, School, Lost

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'
Ann Richards

Government, Saying, Remember

I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going to tell them one thing and then when they get in office do something else.
Ann Richards

Truth, Government, Else

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.
Ann Richards

Heart, Care, Real

I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.
Ann Richards

Dad, Feeling, Before

I have an awfully good life.
Ann Richards

Life, Good, Awfully

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.
Ann Richards

Life, Politics, Person

I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me.
Ann Richards

Tell, Difference, Candidates

I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.
Ann Richards

After, Days, Liked

I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK to have all the sadness.
Ann Richards

Sadness, Sense, Deal

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.
Ann Richards

Thought, Pretty, Until

I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in.
Ann Richards

Travel, Country, Making

I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.
Ann Richards

Depression, Born, Community

I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before.
Ann Richards

Work, Health, Hard

I've had lots of good advice.
Ann Richards

Good, Advice, Lots

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.
Ann Richards

Teacher, Leader, Minds

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.
Ann Richards

Politics, Morning, Tell

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.
Ann Richards

Women, Black, Country

Osteoporosis is a disease that attacks the bones in your body. It happens to really almost everyone when they get really old. But for women, after menopause, they can lose up to 30 percent of their bone mass.
Ann Richards

Women, After, Old

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: September 1, 1933

Died: September 13, 2006

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