100+ Bushism Quotes | InspiringQuotes.us

source: Remarks at the Radio-Television Correspondents Association 57th Annual Dinner in Washington Hilton Hotel, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 29, 2001.

topic: Silly, Funny Bush, Bushism

I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

- George W. Bush

source: "President Bush Announces Appointment of New Budget Director". www.washingtonpost.com. April 18, 2006.

topic: Funny Bush, Bushism

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my faults.

- Dick Cheney

source: "The World According To Dick Cheney" by Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. March 15, 2013.

topic: Thinking, Faults, Funny Bush, Enigmatic, Bushism

Keep good relations with the Grecians.

- George W. Bush

source: "Overseas visits cancelled to save Bush's blushes" by Martin Kettle, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2000.

topic: Humor, Political, Relation, Bushism

Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.

- George W. Bush

topic: Dream, Stupid, Silly, Stupidest, Bushism

The important question is, how many hands have I shaked?

- George W. Bush

source: "A word to the wise" by Alexander Chancellor, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2002.

topic: Humor, Hands, Political, Many Hands, Funny Bush

It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.

- Dan Quayle

topic: Funny, Stupid, Race, Funny Bush, Solar System

I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Chanukah.

- George W. Bush

topic: Silly, Joy, Understanding, Dumb Liberal, Bushism

I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-lb. perch in my lake. (Answering a reporter who asked him to name the best moment of his Presidency.)

- George W. Bush

topic: Names, Lakes, Moments, Bushism

The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.

- George W. Bush

source: "Jerry Springer, Ann Coulter Debate War With Iraq, Domestic Policy". "CNN Crossfire", www.cnn.com. January 31, 2003.

topic: War, Hussein, Funny Bush, Saddam, Bushism

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say ''Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.'' They're changed. Trust me.

- George W. Bush

source: "THE 2000 CAMPAIGN; Excerpts From Interview With Bush on Campaign Issues and Election Strategy". The New York Times Interview, www.nytimes.com. March 16, 2000.

topic: Ideas, Giving, People, Bushism

Let me start off by saying that in 2000 I said, 'Vote for me. I'm an agent of change.' In 2004, I said, 'I'm not interested in change - I want to continue as president.' Every candidate has got to say 'change.' That's what the American people expect.

- George W. Bush

source: "Bushism of the Day" by Jacob Weisberg, www.slate.com. April 7, 2008.

topic: People, President, Want, Vote For Me, Bushism

We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself.

- George W. Bush

source: "In America; Political Tongue Twisters" by Bob Herbert, www.nytimes.com. August 28, 2000.

topic: Humor, Political, Like You, Bushism

There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: 'Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.'

- George W. Bush

source: "Bush Meets With Petraeus" by Michael Abramowitz, www.washingtonpost.com. January 13, 2008.

topic: America, Doubt, Mind, Bushism

I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

- George W. Bush

topic: Humor, Thinking, Class, Bushism

Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted.

- George W. Bush

source: George W. Bush's Remarks on Economy, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 19, 2008.

topic: Financial, Illegal, Caught, Bushism

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

- George W. Bush

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Silly, Science, Power, Crunch Time, Crunch

People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few people? Of course I do.

- George W. Bush

source: "President Bush Addresses the American Enterprise Institute". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. December 18, 2008.

topic: Voice, People, Wells, Bushism

The administration Ill bring is a group of men and women who are focused on whats best for America, honest men and women, decent men and women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and who will not stain the house.

- George W. Bush

topic: Country, Humor, Men, Decent Man, Bushism

I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best.

- George W. Bush

source: Final Presidential Press Conference, Delivered 12 January 2009, James S. Brady Briefing Room, White House West Wing, Washington, D.C.

topic: Reality, America, Enemy, Funny Bush, Bushism

See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.

- George W. Bush

topic: Tyrants, Dumb, Deceit, Catapults, Bushism

They want the federal government controlling the Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program.

- George W. Bush

source: Bush's Campaign Speech at St. Charles, Missouri, edition.cnn.com. November 2, 2000.

topic: Humor, Government, Political, Funny Bush, Bushism

We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.

- George W. Bush

source: Press Conference by President Bush, Prime Minister Goran Persson of Sweden, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 14, 2001.

topic: Silly, Talking, Suffering, Dumb Liberal, Bushism

We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

- Dan Quayle

topic: Funny, People, Dumb, Bushism

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

- George W. Bush

source: George W. Bush “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2004, Book 2, July 1 to September 30, 2004”, Government Printing Office

topic: Country, Witty, Peace, Resourceful, Stupid Conservative

Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.

- George W. Bush

topic: Interesting, Car, Waiting, Gas Prices, Bushism

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

- George W. Bush

source: Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. September 6, 2006.

topic: Jobs, War, Iraq, Bushism

Reading is the basics for all learning.

- George W. Bush

topic: Reading, Humor, Political, Funny Bush, Bushism

Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech.

- George W. Bush

topic: Holiness, Speech, Bushism

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

- George W. Bush

topic: Funny, Life, Book, Bushism

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?

- George W. Bush

source: "You've been a great audience ..." by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2009.

topic: Nature, Children, Humorous, Stupid Celebrity, Stupid Funny

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.

- Dan Quayle

topic: Holocaust, Periods, Obscene, Stupid Funny, Dumb Celebrity

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

- Dan Quayle

topic: Funny, Running, Risk, Stupid Celebrity, Stupid Funny

As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured. —New York, Sept. 26, 2007

- George W. Bush

source: "Bush Defends No Child Left Behind: “Childrens Do Learn”". Interview with Peter Baker, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

topic: New York, Yesterday, Dumb, Dumb Liberal, Report Cards

And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it.

- George W. Bush

source: "NPR Interview with President Bush". Interview wtih Juan Williams, www.npr.org. January 29, 2007.

topic: Sorry, Hard Work, Trying, Bushism

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

- Dan Quayle

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Funny, Past, Judging, Good Judgment, Funny Bush

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

- Dan Quayle

topic: Witty, Responsibility, Political, Vice President, Political Humor

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

- Dan Quayle

topic: Funny, Education, Teacher, Funny Bush, Teachers And Teaching

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

- Dan Quayle

topic: Funny, Witty, Life And Love, Stupidest Celebrity, Really Dumb

There's an old saying in Tennessee â€” I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee â€” that says, fool me once, shame on â€” shame on you. Fool me â€” you can't get fooled again.

- George W. Bush

topic: Stupid, Silly, Humor, Stupidest, Stupid Celebrity

Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.

- George W. Bush

source: George W. Bush “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2004, Book 2, July 1 to September 30, 2004”, Government Printing Office

topic: Freedom, Hopeful, Allies, Bushism

This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.

- George W. Bush

source: "Bush Finds It Easy to Slip on an Icy Campaign Trail". articles.latimes.com. January 28, 2000.

topic: Running, Silly, Appreciate, Funny Bush, Bushism

This may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about.. when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

- George W. Bush

topic: Funny, Humor, Talking, Texan, Talking About Me

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

- George W. Bush

source: "It's Dumbo v Pinocchio" by Francis Wheen, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2000.

topic: Humor, Oil, Political, Imports, Foreign Oil