I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it. Nancy Reagan More Quotes by Nancy Reagan More Quotes From Nancy Reagan 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. Nancy Reagan time appreciation life 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. Nancy Reagan god inspirational life I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out. Nancy Reagan optimism inspirational giving 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. Nancy Reagan wonderful promise world 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 different each-day feet 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. Nancy Reagan dream heart children 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 alzheimers patient bed Dont ever lose hope. Even when life seems bleak and hopeless, know that you are not alone. Nancy Reagan first-lady hopeless losing Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do. Nancy Reagan feminism ability want People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes. Nancy Reagan corn-flakes water people Every woman is entitled to an opinion and the right to express that opinion-especially to the man she's married to. Nancy Reagan married opinion men I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. Nancy Reagan death people thinking 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. Nancy Reagan phones writing art Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other. Nancy Reagan 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. Nancy Reagan common beautiful men 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. Nancy Reagan wise doors men 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 alzheimers tunnels light 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. Nancy Reagan library lucky years Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential. Nancy Reagan together-we-can cells giving As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious. Nancy Reagan stem-cell-research life-is-precious said
