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Lynne Cheney Quotes

I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed.

I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed.

Lynne Cheney
Numbers, Chairman, Irrelevant

There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.

Lynne Cheney
Differences, Opinion, Differences Of Opinion

Casper Wyo., population 18,000 when I was born, was large enough to hold the surprises of civilization, but small enough that the prairie was close by - for some in our town, right out the front door - stretching on forever, under the great curving sky.

Lynne Cheney
Doors, Sky, Civilization
Lynne Cheney (2009). “Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

Stress isn't caused by bad times, but by working where you feel your talents are being underappreciated.

Lynne Cheney
Stress, Talent, Bad Times

I have never written anything sexually explicit.

Lynne Cheney
Explicit, Sexually, Written
"The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, transcripts.cnn.com. October 27, 2006.

You know, my mother had a rule which was people are just people.

Lynne Cheney
Mother, People, Knows
"Lynne Cheney On The VP, Gays And Her Book". "Sunday Morning" with Rita Braver, www.cbsnews.com. October 5, 2007.

Well, part of it is a longstanding belief - it's been in our education establishment at least since the 1930s - that somehow children should be allowed to discover knowledge for themselves, that they should construct their own knowledge. This has surfaced most recently in connection with mathematics instruction, where the idea is that they need to discover how to add for themselves. Rather than being taught how to add, they should construct this knowledge on their own.

Lynne Cheney
Children, Ideas, Discovery

Dogs don't bark at parked cars.

Lynne Cheney
Inspirational, Dog, Car
"Lynne Cheney on Carter's criticism". "Morning Joe" with Joe Scarborough, www.nbcnews.com. October 11, 2007.

E is for the EDUCATORS, the women who taught us well.

Lynne Cheney
Taught Us, Taught, Educator
Lynne Cheney (2016). “A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

Well, my father's people were Mormon, and had immigrated not long after Brigham Young had settled Utah.

Lynne Cheney
Father, Utah, Long

Expecting to be able to get rid of the competitive drive, first of all, flies in the face of human nature - and little girls certainly have this drive, as much as little boys do, or at least the little girls I have observed in my immediate family have it.

Lynne Cheney
Girl, Boys, Littles
"The Truth & Lynne Cheney". Women's Quarterly Interview, Spring 2001.

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