Ann Romney Quotes - Page 2

I know what it's like to finish the laundry and to look in the basket five minutes later and it's full again. I know what it's like to pull all the groceries in, and see the teenagers run through, and all of a sudden, all of the groceries you just bought a few hours ago are gone.

We are all children of the same God, and we have to come together to solve our problems and not be fighting so much.

It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.

This is the genius of America: dreams fulfilled help others launch new dreams.

The secret to a happy marriage is a sense of humor, because marriage throws you curveballs. It is not easy.

I am so mad at the press I could just strangle them!

Women wear many hats in their lives. Daughter, sister, student, breadwinner. But no matter where we are or what we’re doing, one hat that moms never take off is the crown of motherhood. There is no crown more glorious.

They were not easy years. You have to understand, I was raised in a lovely neighborhood, as was Mitt, and at BYU, we moved into a $62-a-month basement apartment with a cement floor and lived there two years as students with no income... Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time.

I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through.

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

I do recognize the most valuable work being done across the country is that work being done inside the four walls in our homes. And let us not forget how important the work of the mother and father are to raising responsible citizens.

We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who is trying to hide things, or do things?

You know, I think my biggest concern [if Mitt is elected], obviously, would just be for his mental well-being. I have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness and his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what's missing right now in the economy - you know, pieces that are missing to get this jump-started. So for me I think it would just be the emotional part of it.

Sometimes when I hear criticism of my husband, I want to come out of my seat and clock somebody. But you learn to take a deep breath.

I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.

I'd sit on a horse and forget I was even sick.

You just deal with the cards that are dealt you and you just go on and push forward.

We've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life.

If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.

I eat as healthy as I can. It is tough.

A storybook marriage? No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have is a real marriage.

Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point.

Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time.

It can be here today and gone tomorrow.

You know how exasperated you can be when you're the mother of five young boys.