Barrere Gregoire Quotes

#1. Education is the foundation upon which we build our future. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#2. There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#3. It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#4. Parents who have fought fiercely for the rights of their much-loved Gay and Lesbian children should not have to worry that their children will be treated differently. As a mother, I can tell you that there is no prouder moment than watching your children grow up, fall in love, and commit to that love in front of their families and friends. I want that same joy for every parent and every child. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#5. We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#6. People who live in glass houses must reeeeeallly trust their neighbors. #Quote by Gregoire

#7. I'd like to have the chance to decide what my life will be like, I think that's the best present anyone can get. The chance to decide what your life will be like. #Quote by Gregoire Delacourt

#8. Life doesn't have to be a freeform stream of consciousness, where any thought that comes into our heads is entertained. #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#9. Being rich means seeing all that's ugly and having the arrogance to think you can change things. All you have to do is pay for it. #Quote by Gregoire Delacourt

#10. Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the 50s and early 60s, intellectually I could go anywhere, explore anything, and sample exciting new ideas simply by opening a book. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#11. The US government should not be in the business of discrimination. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#12. I knew in my bones that while it could do good, the money could also do harm. Greed burns everything on its path. #Quote by Gregoire Delacourt

#13. I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#14. When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#15. Inspired people also have a stronger drive to master their work, but are less competitive. #Quote by Carolyn Gregoire

#16. In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#17. We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#18. Six is old enough to know how to pick a lock, but not old enough to know that you don't want to be picking that lock. #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#19. Men know the damage a few words can do to girls' hearts, and, idiots that we are, we swoon away and fall into the trap, excited because at last a man has set one for us #Quote by Gregoire Delacourt

#20. Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#21. We have lots of studies about what's wrong with our education system. We need to accept responsibility, be bold, find solutions and move forward to make education a centerpiece of our economic development. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#22. We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#23. Whatever you tolerate will continue. If he's doing something wrong - not just something that's irritating - you need to stop tolerating it. This is not the same as trying to change him. It simply means that you change how you react to him. #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#24. If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#25. We must work to help all families and all communities realize their dream of a better future. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#26. Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#27. It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#28. Maxine Hancock says we should think of ourselves as the servant leaders of our homes. I think by the addition of the word leaders, she implies that while we serve we should also command respect. #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#29. We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#30. Billions of people have had sex. I don't know how many have actually made love. #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#31. Desire is always followed by boredom. And only love can defeat boredom. Love with a capital L; we all dream of it. #Quote by Gregoire Delacourt

#32. We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#33. I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue. #Quote by Christine Gregoire

#34. When two people love each other sacrificially, they will find happiness. If they aim for happiness instead of aiming to love, they will ultimately fail to achieve either. #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#35. It's only in books that you can change your life. Wipe out everything in a stroke. Do away with the weight of things. Delete the nasty parts, and then at the end of a sentence suddenly find yourself on the far side of the world. #Quote by Gregoire Delacourt

#36. Intimacy is about sharing something with your spouse that you don't share with anybody else. It's letting him in. It's laughing together. And it's also feeling that deep hunger for each other! #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#37. Even if you don't always feel love, you can act love. #Quote by Sheila Wray Gregoire

#38. One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so. #Quote by Christine Gregoire