George H.W. Bush Quotes

Both must make tangible, immediate steps toward this vision.

Competence is the creed of the technocrat who makes sure the gears mesh but doesn't for a second understand the magic of the machine.

But I see history as a book with many pages--and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning.

American business can out-think, out-work, out-perform any nation in the world. But we can't beat the competition if we don't get in the ball game.

Never answer a hypothetical question. It gets you beyond where you want to be.

Ozone Man, Ozone. He's crazy, way out, far out, man.

I am for an immigration policy that's welcoming and upholds the law.

I just sit ther and do what I vowed I would never do - talk back to the television.

We're enjoying sluggish times, and not enjoying them very much.

It's too much show business and too much prompting, too much artificiality, and not really debates. They're rehearsed appearances.

The Persian Gulf crisis has forged a new world order in which the superpower adversaries of the Cold War now stand united to reverse Iraq's conquest of Kuwait.

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.

Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.

When America is stronger, the world is safer.

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

At Odessa we became Texans, and proud of it.

I don't write letters anymore.

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

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain.

Study hard; and you might grow up to be President. But let's face it: Even then, you'll never make as much money as your dog.

There are singular moments in history, dates that divide all that goes before from all that comes after.

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

The Cold War began with the division of Europe. It can only end when Europe is whole.

There is no greater advocate of perestroika than the president of the United States.

There are things we can do to give us a little more attention.... I've got to look more frantic.

I think it's very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we're in retreat.

Old fashioned as it may seem to some, it is my duty to serve my country. And I didn't seek this job but I want to do it, and I will do my very best.

We don't think of ourselves as a dynasty. I really hope some of my grandkids will be actively involved in politics.

There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.

There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improvable superlative.

He was the subject of a little respectful ribbing. But he was, of course, the captain, which meant he had to do lots of the ribbing himself.