Bird Johnson
Bird Johnson
crazy texas our-world
I want us to know our world. If I lived in North Georgia on up through the Appalachians, I would be just as crazy about the mountain laurel as I am about [Texas] bluebonnets.
jobs land childhood
My special cause, the one that alerts my interest and quickens the pace of my life, is to preserve the wildflowers and native plants that define the regions of our land-to encourage and promote their use in appropriate areas, and thus help pass on to generation in waiting the quiet jobs and satisfactions I have known since my childhood.
pain problem odd
It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.
inspirational wonderful creation
It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.
dinner too-much delicious
We had a delicious dinner of too much.
husband politics firsts
The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.
should-have politics politician
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.
inspirational flames knowledgeable-person
Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
garden childhood untamed
Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers.
children mean air
Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.
world way united-states
Science and time and necessity have propelled us, the United States, to be the general store of the world, dealers in everything. Most of all, merchants for a better way of life.
freedom ideas sound
The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.
art men soul
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
art clothes looks
I've really tried to learn the art of clothes, because you don't sell for what you're worth unless you look good.