Quotes By George H. W. Bush

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

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.

Losing is tough.

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.

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

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.

Old guys can still do fun things.

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

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

Our God is a forgiving God.

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.

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.

Every loss of life is terrible.

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.

Read my lips: no new taxes.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

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

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.