Quotes By George H. W. Bush

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

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.

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.

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

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.

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

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

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.

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

I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.

I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

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.

No, I'm not anguished and tormented.

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 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.

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.

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.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.

It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

Debates, I hate.

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.

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.

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

I don't write letters anymore.

I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.