Teresa Heinz Quotes

At the end of the day, no one asks a woman, ‘Do you need a neck rub? Do you need a drink, honey?’

I couldn’t not be who I am. That bubble eventually bursts down the road. So you just have to be real, and when you goof up, say you goofed up.

I think a man and a woman, on a whole array of issues, including raising children, have differences, and then you work them through.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don’t go into politics.

To me, one of the best faces America has ever projected is the face of a Peace Corps volunteer. That face symbolizes this country: young, curious, brimming with idealism and hope – and a real, honest compassion.

I like to bring people together so we don’t waste opportunities and resources and keep doing the wrong things when we know better. Corporate America makes great things and things that can hurt us. They have to be part of the solutions. There’s nothing to say you don’t make a profit by doing good.

My only self-confidence and satisfaction comes from the people that I do meet; I have fondness for people. I mean, I like to hug. And I also like to be hugged.

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

I was always impressed by Betty Ford and what she went through and how full of integrity she was, and how brave. I think Mrs. Reagan was a role model of my mother’s generation, intelligent, very supportive of her husband. I am very different from my mom, but I admired her devotion.

I am very concerned about junk food in the schools.

I may be a good Catholic, a bad Catholic or a so-so Catholic, but that’s who I am.

I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.

I don’t know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don’t know that she’s ever had a real job – I mean, since she’s been grown up.

I am always who I am, and anyone who’s known me forever will tell you that. I guess there’s enough of a child in me that that’s important.

I think people should be who they are. If someone is a great mother, or a great personal friend to their friends and just a loving person, that’s all they should be, if that’s what they want to be, ’cause it’s genuine.

I am the product of living in dictatorships. And someone who’s lived in dictatorships and not being allowed to be themselves, it cherishes the ability to be yourself and to have feelings and to speak them when asked. And I am that person.

John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.

I’m an African American.

Love is a big thing – it’s part of who you become, how you grow up. I had a wonderful husband, and I’m very lucky I have a second wonderful husband. You know, some people don’t even score the first time.

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they’re African.