Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan (born July 6, 1921), Actress, Political activist; wife of President Ronald Reagan; born Anne Francis Robbins.

Attributed:

A woman is like a teabag— only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.
- Variant: A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
- This is also often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. If this is correct, the attribution to Mrs. Reagan may have been derived from a quoting of Mrs. Roosevelt. Authoritative sources have not yet been located by anyone at Wikiquote to definitely indicate either as the originator.

I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

I believe that people would be alive today if it were not for the death penalty.

I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.

I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.

I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.

Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and a woman can have by making it cheap and common. It's what you don't see that's attractive.