A lot of what acting is paying attention.

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

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.

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.

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

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

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

My life really began when I married my husband.

Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and a woman can have by making it cheap and common. It's what you don't see that's attractive.

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

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

The movies were custard compared to politics.

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

Just say no to drugs!

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

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

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

As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential.

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

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

For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!

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

I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.

I don't really yell at people.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I'm doing what I want to do.

I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.

I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.

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

I've always gone for the more understated look.

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.

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

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

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.

It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher.

My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.

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.

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.

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

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.