I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape recorder.

Pat Nixon

I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.

Pat Nixon

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

Pat Nixon

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

Pat Nixon

I don't have time to be depressed.

Pat Nixon

I love my husband. I believe in him, and I am proud of his accomplishments.

Pat Nixon

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.

Pat Nixon

All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.

Pat Nixon

I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.

Pat Nixon

All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.

Pat Nixon

I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.

Pat Nixon

The truth sustains me.

Pat Nixon

If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.

Pat Nixon

I do or die, but I never cancel out.

Pat Nixon

I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.

Pat Nixon

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

Pat Nixon

I have a very positive outlook.

Pat Nixon

I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.

Pat Nixon

I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

Pat Nixon

I think a person has to just be herself.

Pat Nixon

I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.

Pat Nixon