Great Throughts Treasury

"The movies were custard compared to politics."

"There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."