List of Betty Ford Quotes

I Really Didn't Want To Have My Name On The Center, Because It Just Seemed Like It Was Too Much Of A Personal Thing.

But My Activities Have Been Pretty Much Focused In The Last Almost 30 Years On The Recovery, Of My Own Recovery, The Understanding For My Family Of My Recovery.

Isn't That Wonderful? When We Drove Through Several Of The Places We Lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - They All Had Those Placards. That They Stood By The Street And Had In Their Hands Placards That Said 'gerald Our Ford'. That Meant So Much To Us As We Were Driving Into Washington.

My Family Joins Me In Sharing The Difficult News That Gerald Ford, Our Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather And Great Grandfather Has Passed Away At 93 Years Of Age. His Life Was Filled With Love Of God, His Family And His Country.

For 14 Years, I'd Been On Medication For The Pinched Nerve, The Arthritis, The Muscle Spasms In My Neck, And I'd Lost My Tolerance For Pills. If I Had A Single Drink, The Alcohol, On Top Of The Pills, Would Make Me Groggy.

Holding These Babies In My Arms Makes Me Realize The Miracle My Husband And I Began.

When I Say We've Had An Ideal Marriage, I'm Not Just Talking About Physical Attraction, Which I Can Imagine Can Wear Pretty Thin If It's All A Couple Has Built On. We've Had That And A Whole Lot More.

When Other Women Have This Same Operation, It Doesn't Make Any Headlines. But The Fact That I Was The Wife Of The President Put It In Headlines And Brought Before The Public This Particular Experience I Was Going Through. It Made A Lot Of Women Realize That It Could Happen To Them. I'm Sure I've Saved At Least One Person Maybe More.

Friends Aren't Any More Important Than Breath Or Blood To A High School Senior.

We're Full All The Time. And People Do Have Good Success And I Think One Of The Programs At The Center, The Continuing Care, Helps Them With Their Success. Because It's Difficult The First Year.

And I Have Always Told The Patients When I Talk To Them. When They Come Around And Say, "what Will You Have To Drink? Oh That's Right You Don't Drink." Just Speak Up And Say, 'of Course I Drink. But I Just Don't Drink Alcohol.'

A Housewife Deserves To Be Honored As Much As A Woman Who Earns Her Living In The Marketplace. I Consider Bringing Up Children A Responsible Job. In Fact, Being A Good Housewife Seems To Me A Much Tougher Job Than Going To The Office And Getting Paid For It.