Ann Richards Quotes

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

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.

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

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

Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but yesterday's gasoline prices are all Clinton's fault. 2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own. 3. You have to be against all government programs, but expect Social Security checks on time.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.

The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.

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

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.