Ann Richards

“I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.”

“I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.”

“I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a tidy house.'”

“The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right, it's all we'll need.”

“You can't be a legend in your own mind.”

“Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.”

“Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.”

“I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.”

“We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth, not most days, but every day.”

“I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.”

“If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.”

“Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”

“Power is something that is not to be toyed with, not to be flaunted, but to be used for the good of all.”