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. – Nancy Reagan
I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn’t care. – Nancy Reagan
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
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
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
I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known – disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed. – Nancy Reagan
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. – Nancy Reagan
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. – Nancy Reagan
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
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
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out. – Nancy Reagan
I’m very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. – Nancy Reagan
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. – Nancy Reagan
For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn’t give you special access, I don’t know what does! – Nancy Reagan