Unquotable:George W. Bush

George W. Bush is widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of the English language in modern times. Below are a few of his most famous words of wisdom, randomly selected from the list of approximately 186,000. to see a different selection.

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“There is an old saying in Tennessee--I know it's in Texas, probably Tennessee that says "fool me once, shame on-shame on you, fool me twice...you can't get fooled again."”

~ George Bush on What?

“Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of (Dr. Seuss's) 'Hop on Pop'.”

~ George Bush on his dreams

“I'm occasionally reading, I want you to know, in the second term.”

~ George Bush on reading

“I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.”

~ George Bush on thinking

“It is white.”

~ George Bush on what the White House is like

“I'm a follower of American politics.”

~ George Bush on American politics

“I think we agree, the past is over.”

~ George Bush on the past

“It's hard work.”

~ George Bush on debating John Kerry

“Arbolist - Look up the word. I don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.”

~ George Bush on people who know about trees

“We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.”

~ George Bush on geography

“Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.”

~ George Bush on terrorism