61 Interesting Quotes By George H. W. Bush
I don't write letters anymore.
Losing is tough.
I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.
No, I'm not anguished and tormented.
You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.
We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.
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.
You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.
Debates, I hate.
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.
I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.
I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.
I hope my own children never have to fight a war.
What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
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.
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.
I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.
It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.
Every loss of life is terrible.
I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.
Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.
I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.
The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
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.
It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
