You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right.

When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm – spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George, I’ll never know.

Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They’re more likely to excell in school. They’re more likely to graduate secondary school and go to college.

A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can’t leave it alone.

I’m inspired by my faith and all the different people around me.

I would never do anything to undermine my husband’s point of view.

We must choose between a world of fear and a world of progress. We cannot stand by and do nothing while dangers gather.

Girls learn how to relate to men from the way their fathers love them. And if their fathers really love them and want the very best for them, then they’ve seen that kind of good behavior that they’d want in a husband.

Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I’ll never run for the Senate in New York.

Well, we’ve faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we – since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm’s way.