Best 61 quotes of Nancy Reagan on MyQuotes

A friend of mine said to me a year ago, "You're so lucky, Nancy, because Ronnie left you the library," She said, "You have that to work on, and to go to, and, in a sense, to be with him." I had never thought of it like that, but it's true. I go to the library or work for the library all the time, because it's Ronnie. I'm working for Ronnie.

A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide. We owe it to ourselves and to our children to do everything in our power to find cures for these diseases - and soon. As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

Drugs take away the dream from every child's heart and replace it with a nightmare. And it's time we in America stand up and replace those dreams.

Every woman is entitled to an opinion and the right to express that opinion-especially to the man she's married to.

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.

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

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 don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

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 favor capital punishment. It saves lives.

I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.

I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.

I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.

I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.

I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

I realized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten letters--can be. In our throwaway era of quick phone calls, faxes, and email, it's all to easy never to find the time to write letters. That's a great pity--for historians and the rest of us.

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.

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.

I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.

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

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'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.

It's one of the best programs I've ever seen because it benefits both sides: children, who need love, and grandparents, elderly people, who need to feel wanted.

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've always gone for the more understated look.

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

Just because you're married [to the president] doesn't mean you've given up your right to have and opinion.

Just say no to drugs!

My life really began when I married my husband.

My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.

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.

People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes.

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.

People should be afraid of the cancer, not the mammogram.

Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and a woman can have by making it cheap and common. It's what you don't see that's attractive.

Presidents don't get vacations - they just get a change of scenery. The job goes with you.

Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.

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.

The Sixties, of course, was the worst time in the world to try and bring up a child. They were exposed to all these crazy things going on.

The White House belongs to all Americans. It's supposed to be something we're proud of.

They were very short, the golden years. The golden years are when you can sit back, hopefully, and exchange memories. And that's the worst part about this disease. There's nobody to exchange memories with.