It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.
— George H. W. Bush
I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.
Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.
Every loss of life is terrible.
We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.
Old guys can still do fun things.
You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.
For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.
Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.
I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.
I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.
I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.
I hope my own children never have to fight a war.
I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.
It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.
I don't write letters anymore.
I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.
Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.
Our God is a forgiving God.
Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.
Losing is tough.
I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.
Debates, I hate.
I have a form of Parkinson's disease, which I don't like. My legs don't move when my brain tells them to. It's very frustrating.
The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.
I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.
I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.
I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.
What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.
But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.
The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.
History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.
One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.
No, I'm not anguished and tormented.
You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.
Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.
I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope.
As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.
I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.
I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.
The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
Read my lips: no new taxes.
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
