Pat Nixon Quotes

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

- Pat Nixon

If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.

- Pat Nixon

I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape recorder.

- Pat Nixon

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

- Pat Nixon

I love my husband. I believe in him, and I am proud of his accomplishments.

- Pat Nixon

I don't have time to be depressed.

- Pat Nixon

I have a very positive outlook.

- Pat Nixon

I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.

- Pat Nixon

I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.

- Pat Nixon

I think a person has to just be herself.

- Pat Nixon

The truth sustains me.

- Pat Nixon

I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.

- Pat Nixon

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.

- Pat Nixon

It takes heart to be in political life.

- Pat Nixon

All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.

- Pat Nixon

All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.

- Pat Nixon

I do or die, but I never cancel out.

- Pat Nixon

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.

- Pat Nixon

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

- Pat Nixon

I only know what I read in the papers.

- Pat Nixon

I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.

- Pat Nixon

I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

- Pat Nixon

I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.

- Pat Nixon

I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.

- Pat Nixon