Talk:Nancy Reagan

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 * A woman is like a teabag — only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.
 * This is also often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. If this is correct, the attribution to Mrs. Reagan may have been derived from a quoting of Mrs. Roosevelt.
 * Variant: A woman is like a tea bag, you cannot tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.


 * 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 it were not for the death penalty.


 * 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 talk about political matters. That's not my department.


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


 * I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.


 * I was sleeping with the President, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!


 * Just say no to drugs!


 * 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.


 * The movies were custard compared to politics.


 * The Sixties, of course, was the worst time in the world to try and bring up a child. They were exposed to all these crazy things going on.