Quotes from Nancy Reagan


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I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.


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.


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.


Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.


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


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


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.


I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.


There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.


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


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


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.


I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.


I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.


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


The movies were custard compared to politics.


I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.


My life really began when I married my husband.


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.


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.