Nancy Reagan Quotes

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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.

- Nancy Reagan

Big, Give, Back, Believer

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

Astrology, Been, Ridiculed, Criticized

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

Good, Idea, About, End Of The Tunnel

I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.

- Nancy Reagan

Happy, Magic, Thought, Ronnie

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

Soul, Political, Very, Ronnie

Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other.

- Nancy Reagan

Me, Other, Fell, Ronnie

My life began with Ronnie.

- Nancy Reagan

Life, My Life, Began, Ronnie

Don't say I was tough. I was strong. I had to be, because Ronnie liked everybody and sometimes didn't see - or refused to see - what the people around him were really up to. But everything I did, I did for Ronnie. I did for love.

- Nancy Reagan

Love, Strong, Everybody, Ronnie

I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.

- Nancy Reagan

Here, Tone, Take, Intend

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

Door, Thought, Knock, Terrible Thing

I've always gone for the more understated look.

- Nancy Reagan

Look, More, Always, Understated

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

Suffering, Surely, Cell Research

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

Been, May, Which, Cell Research

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

- Nancy Reagan

Grateful, Funding, Very, Cell Research

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

Offers, Fulfill, Researchers, Cell Research

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

- Nancy Reagan

Schedule, Radiation, Having, Chemotherapy

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

- Nancy Reagan

Know, Show, Polls, Stem-Cell

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

- Nancy Reagan

Political, Matters, About, Department

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

- Nancy Reagan

Very, Disciplined, Organised, Ran

I voted for McCain. But I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organized, very, very good. I was very impressed.

- Nancy Reagan

Thought, Very, Disciplined, Ran

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

Gift, Enjoy, Young, Precious Gift

The movies were custard compared to politics.

- Nancy Reagan

Politics, Movies, Were, Custard

I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.

- Nancy Reagan

Death, Death Penalty, Alive, I Believe

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

- Nancy Reagan

Woman, Abortion, Other, I Believe

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

- Nancy Reagan

Business, Lot, Accomplished, Dinners

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

- Nancy Reagan

Privacy, White, Walked, White House

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

- Nancy Reagan

Alone, White, Big, White House

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

Beginning, Big, Very, Maintenance

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

- Nancy Reagan

Doing, Think, Alive, Protect

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

Go, Other, Each, Front

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