Ann Richards Quotes

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

~ Ann Richards

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

~ Ann Richards

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

~ Ann Richards

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

~ Ann Richards

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.

~ Ann Richards

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

~ Ann Richards

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

~ Ann Richards

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.

~ Ann Richards

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

~ Ann Richards

Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.

~ Ann Richards

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

~ Ann Richards

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

~ Ann Richards

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

~ Ann Richards