Quotes By George H. W. Bush

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.

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'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

Old guys can still do fun things.

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.

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

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.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

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.

Our God is a forgiving God.

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.

Every loss of life is terrible.

Read my lips: no new taxes.

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 have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.

I don't write letters anymore.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

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.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.