Top 100 First Lady Quotes
#1. The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.
Oleg Cassini
#2. I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.
Nancy Reagan
#3. Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
Carine Roitfeld
#4. The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
George W. Bush
#5. Our guest tonight is Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States. She's here to announce her run for president.
David Letterman
#6. If your like a powerful modern thriller with an historical core in the Scandinavian style of many separate threads which eventually come together, Purple Killing will grip you. It is my latest book and a companion to Hitler's First Lady, but in a very different style. Set equally in the US and UK.
Malcolm Blair-Robinson
#7. My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I'll know more when the time comes.
Michelle Obama
#8. Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?
Robert De Niro
#9. The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.
Ann Romney
#10. Jackie Kennedy was the most appropriately dressed first lady we've ever had. You can see how lasting Jackie's style is.
Lynda Resnick
#11. I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.
Sasha Cohen
#12. The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.
Richard M. Nixon
#13. Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all. She won her place in the Hall of Comedy as the First Lady. I will miss her.
Tim Conway
#14. Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in the Rose Garden kissing the First Lady's foot.
Edward Abbey
#15. I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
Nancy Reagan
#16. So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her husband's policies?
Blanche Wiesen Cook
#17. Throughout Ronnie's presidency, there was an ongoing public discussion as to how much influence the first lady should have on the president. It's hardly a new problem. As long as mankind has lived in groups, there's always been a question of how to handle the boss's wife.
Nancy Reagan
#18. I think [Whitewater]'s going to prevent the First Lady from running for Senate.
Ann Coulter
#19. I have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I remember her, as you do, as a great first lady who broke precedent in terms of the role that a first lady was supposed to play as she helped lead the fight for universal health care.
Bernie Sanders
#20. Still, slander against the president and first lady continued to fill the columns of opposition papers.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
#21. The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.
Elaine Sciolino
#22. It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.
Bellamy Young
#23. If the first lady is concerned about this Internet cycle, what would she have done during the heyday when there was 12, 13 editions of a paper in one day? What would she have done with that news cycle?
Matt Drudge
#24. I always enjoyed politics. I worked at the White House recently, primarily for the First Lady. Because of my experience running my travel agency, I was in charge of the files she kept on the Travel Office.
Joseph Force Crater
#25. The First Lady has a lot of power. I hope Hillary Clinton realizes that.
Letitia Baldrige
#26. I would love to speak with First Lady Michelle Obama about the addictive component of obesity.
Jane Velez-Mitchell
#27. Michelle Obama is going to be an amazing First Lady: She's intelligent, capable and motivated. She just embodies everything that an American woman should represent.
Eva Longoria
#28. We have first lady Michelle Obama on the show tonight. As you'd expect, security's been pretty tight. On my way in I got five pat-downs, and that was just from Joe Biden.
Jimmy Fallon
#29. I turned to books for comfort. (Former First Lady, Laura Bush)
Laura Bush
#30. The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You're not elected, but it's very much official. You can see the latitude of power of that office.
Bellamy Young
#31. It's rare for a first lady to be running for president.
Gwen Ifill
#32. Is a First Lady truly a necessity? Shouldn't each wife of a president have a right to choose to accept the position or not?
Venita Ellick
#33. I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.
Jackie Kennedy
#34. My job is to make certain that I've done what I was asked and my department has done what we were asked to do by the president and the first lady and the State Department. I believe that we accomplished that.
Desiree Rogers
#35. While he was in Utah, Obama discussed immigration reform with leaders of the Mormon Church. Obama introduced the first lady. Then the church's president introduced HIS first lady. And his second lady. And his third, fourth, and fifth ladies.
Jimmy Fallon
#36. Today President Obama is in the Middle East. He met the new king of Saudi Arabia. Obama also met Saudi Arabia's first lady, the second lady, third lady, and fourth lady.
Conan O'Brien
#37. When I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it'll be her wings and not her face that'll make my mouth fall open.
Kurt Vonnegut
#38. I think the Social Office is really the office where East meets West. For those that don't know, the East side is typically the First Lady's side of the house. The West side is typically the President's side of the house.
Desiree Rogers
#39. The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience.
George W. Bush
#40. The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description ... You have to create it for yourself.
Hillary Clinton
#41. There is an environment where someone is always looking for someone to make an error. They're always looking not for the good things, the wonderful things the president and first lady are doing, they're looking for an error or to criticize. And it's not conducive to good work.
Desiree Rogers
#42. Michelle has had to grapple with Hilary Clinton's legacy as First Lady ... Michelle Obama never wants to be seen as the kind of First Lady who is overly involved in the West Wing.
Jodi Kantor
#43. The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
Jackie Kennedy
#44. If a woman chooses to support her husband and become First Lady, I believe she must do so with the understanding that the public expects the full-meal deal.
Venita Ellick
#45. When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women's rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.
Madeleine Albright
#46. You are the leader here. Obviiusly your skills are far superior to mine. I don't think I could fit into your life. I'm a loner, not the first lady.
Christine Feehan
#47. Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it'll be her wings not her face that'll make my mouth fall open. I've already seen the prettiest face that ever could be.
Kurt Vonnegut
#48. I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.
Imelda Marcos
#49. I had thought I would hate being First Lady ... I loved it.
Betty Ford
#50. At the economic summit in China, Vladimir Putin is being accused of flirting with the first lady of China. Then again, Putin does have a history of not respecting boundaries.
Conan O'Brien
#51. Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.
Kitty Kelley
#52. My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.
Lee Myung-bak
#53. First Lady Michelle Obama has posted an exercise video of her beating up a punching bag. But don't worry, Vice President Biden is going to be OK.
Conan O'Brien
#54. I wasn't born a first lady or a senator. I wasn't born a Democrat. I wasn't born a lawyer or an advocate for women's rights and human rights. I wasn't born a wife or a mother.
Hillary Clinton
#55. It's false advertising to call Mrs. Obama the First Lady. First Woman, maybe, but certainly not a lady. Ann Romney is an actual lady.
Mitt Romney
#56. The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
Barbara Bush
#57. When Mrs. Bush was First Lady, she went all over the Mideast talking about breast cancer awareness and the need for early screening. She did this in places where the cultures prohibit such discussion or even detection efforts.
Greta Van Susteren
#58. If I am honored to serve as first lady, I will use that wonderful privilege to try to help people in our country who need it the most. One of the many causes dear to my heart is helping children and women.
Melania Trump
#59. First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.
Karen DeCrow
#60. But there isn't going to be any First Lady. There is just to be plain, ordinary Mrs. Roosevelt ... I never wanted to be the president's wife, and don't want it now. You don't quite believe me, do you? Very likely no one would-except possibly some woman who had had the job.
Eleanor Roosevelt
#61. The first lady said about her husband, 'I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures.' And today she was offered her own show on Fox News.
Jay Leno
#62. The first lady in my life, but now you're gone,
I learned through the years to keep carrying on.
Your picture brings me tears and memories,
The way things could be ... and they should be, but they're not.
Afrika Baby Bam
#63. When Hillary Clinton was in the Clinton White House as first lady, the left - the right accused her of being wide eyed radical lesbian feminist and in some issues, like welfare reform, she pushed back against the new .
David Corn
#64. Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
Pat Nixon
#65. We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small or too poor, send the First Lady.
Hillary Clinton
#66. Actions, such as the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, spring from First Lady Michelle Obama's leadership of efforts to end childhood obesity within this generation.
Richard Carmona
#67. I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
Imelda Marcos
#68. The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't do it, then no one is sure it should be done.
Paula Poundstone
#69. I am in love with the first lady of the United States. At the moment, a dozen vans from District florists are pulling up at the White House, and the staffers are helping me fill up her room. I'm going to ask her to marry me. Today.
Katy Evans
#70. Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
Imelda Marcos
#71. President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen.
Chris Rock
#72. Roughly speaking, the President of the United States knows what his job is. Constitution and custom spell it out, for him as well as for us. His wife has no such luck. The First Lady has no rules; rather each new woman must make her own.
Shana Alexander
#73. Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.
Valerie Trierweiler
#74. I'm not wild about the term first lady. I'd just like to be called Laura Bush.
Laura Bush
#75. In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.
Valerie Trierweiler
#76. In designing for the first lady, I tried to sort of be in her shoes, but I didn't really look at her as an important political figure. I looked at her as a woman who would like to wear a beautiful dress to an important gala.
Jason Wu
#77. She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair.
Candice Millard
#78. You can really call Irene Dunne 'The First Lady of Hollywood', because she's the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen.
Leo McCarey
#79. I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.
Jodi Kantor
#80. I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.
Betty Ford
#81. I wish I could say that Carla Bruni's Guess campaign at age 16 led to her current role as First Lady of France, but that might be a stretch.
Paul Marciano
#82. To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.
Tom Vilsack
#83. First Lady Michelle Obama appears on 'Sesame Street' to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. It's going to be a big episode. Yes, sources say the episode gets a little tense when Ernie and Bert ask the first lady why her husband's dragging his feet on gay marriage.
Conan O'Brien
#85. Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
Karen DeCrow
#86. She was returning home to be the wife of, mother of, First Lady of, but what did that really mean?
Stacy Hawkins Adams
#87. I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly covers that I've been very, very proud of.
Anna Wintour
#88. In that turbulent time, the happenstance First Lady, Betty Ford, was certain of one thing: she would not change. 'I've spent too many years as me,' she declared. 'I can't suddenly turn into a princess.
Bonnie Angelo
#89. Way back in 1979, as a guest on a local TV show in Arkansas, then Hillary Rodham was quizzed about not taking her husband's last name when they got married and keeping her job as a lawyer while being first lady of the state.
Tamara Keith
#90. Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.
Richard M. Nixon
#92. I am the princess of G.O.O.D. Music, the first lady of G.O.O.D. Music, the baby of G.O.O.D. Music. I'm kinda the spoiled brat right now. I could get whatever I want.
Teyana Taylor
#93. The typical presidential staff resents the vice-president even more than they do the first lady.
Dick Morris
#94. With Barack Obama as president and the super-happening Michelle Obama as First Lady, you would think a new tone, a new tune, a kicky new jazzitude, would have entered Washington discourse, but it remains a landlocked island unto itself, held captive by its tribal fevers.
James Wolcott
#95. Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision.
Tyra Banks
#96. People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on the ballot.
Venita Ellick
#97. The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.
Lady Bird Johnson
#98. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was comforted by a piece of poetry given to her by a friend: They are not dead who live in lives they leave behind: In those whom they have blessed they live a life again.2
Mark Batterson
#99. My children were born into this. They will always be the grandchildren of the President and First Lady of the United States.
Columba Bush
#100. I'd love to have First Lady Michelle Obama over and ask, 'How do you make your marriage work?' I think the president is sexy as all get-out, but he has got to get on her nerves some kind of way. He's this wonderful, powerful man, but she sees him leaving his socks on the floor.
Sherri Shepherd
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