Cindy McCain Quotes

I would continue to do the things that I do. I’d get into the field and work, and be an example to other people that you can’t rely on the government to be the answer to everything.

I think security is a big issue for people.

My own feeling is we need more compassion, we need more empathy, we need more togetherness, in terms of working together.

I’m an emotional woman when it comes to service to our country. I watched many people’s children leave and go serve. This is something that is the fiber of the McCain family. It was nothing more than me just saying I believe in this country so strongly.

I would feel safe with my husband as president. I think Barack Obama is a fine man. I think Michelle Obama is a fine woman. This is about who would be better and I think my husband would be better.

I try not to do it in a way that is hurtful, but I always tell him the truth, and he tells me the same thing. I trust him the most, and I know he trusts me the most.

I have very distinct things that I like. I have very distinct opinions. Just because I choose to be a little less overt out on the campaign [trail] doesn’t mean I’m anything less than very opinionated and very intelligent.

I think Americans are good-hearted, open-minded people and race doesn’t enter into this – at all.

Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens.

My husband is absolutely opposed to any negative campaigning at all.

If you really want to see change, and have change, you’re going to have to get involved.

Some people gain weight during times of stress, but I lose weight.

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.

Nobody wants to sell their child, but what they wind up doing is selling their child to be able to support their family.

We don’t need more bullying, and I’m tired of it.

The only way to get around Arizona is by small private plane.

In everything I do, my children come first, and my husband. I just think it’s so important to maintain family stability.

I grew up with my dad. I’m an only child. My father was a cowboy, and he really loved me very much, but I think he wanted a son occasionally.

Gweneth Paltrow is a joke. Her life is like taking bullets for a soldier. What a joke! My 2 sons serving in the military should talk to her.

I brought home a baby without telling [husband John McCain], and he not only took it in stride but loved it, immediately embracing Bridget, who shares John’s very dry sense of humor, so she and her dad do pretty well together. If I hadn’t taken Bridget out, I think she would have become a prostitute or worse, died.

As a mother, I – like everyone else – have to fill my gas tank in my car. I have to feed my family. I have to be able to make sure that I can keep a roof over their heads and, with things escalating the way they are, it’s very difficult. People are losing their homes.

I learned the hard way that not only do you not have to be superwoman, but it’s better not to be and not to try to be. What I would like to be is just a good person – someone who tries her best and puts her best foot forward.

I just want to be who I am. I think all women go through the belief that they need to be superwoman – that to be successful in any way, and I don’t necessarily mean in business or anything, but just to be a successful person, you have to be superwoman.

My husband’s the first one to say, “This is not the end of the world.” We’re doing what we want to do – what we have chosen to do – and we know the risks involved.

BlackBerrys are a wonderful tool. I’m very tenacious about keeping up with my kids, as they are with me.

Sunglasses are a migraine sufferer’s best friend.

You know, chemo and radiation is a very tough customer. It does so much good, but it also does a lot of damage.

What intrigued me about him was his intelligence, his humor. I’d been all over the world. I had started a career. At that point, I had sort of committed myself to not committing. I didn’t want to have to raise a husband, but he was so sophisticated and so funny.