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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“For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it.”

~ George Bush on nonfatal shootings

“It is white.”

~ George Bush on what the White House is like

“Some people come up to me and say: "You speak like a mad parrot with Alzheimer's and there is potato peel floating down the Mississippi that would be a better president than you" and you know what? I agree!”

~ George Bush on mad parrots

“Don't forget Poland.”

~ George Bush on the Coalition of the Willing

“We're on a mission from God; he told me to go screw Osama up the butt to make peace in the middle east; peace of ass.”

~ George Bush on The Bush Brothers 2000

“I think we agree, the past is over.”

~ George Bush on the past

“I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.”

~ George Bush on Hannukah

“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?

“I'm a follower of American politics.”

~ George Bush on American politics

“It's hard work.”

~ George Bush on debating John Kerry

“Bill wrote a book at Yale. I read one.”

~ George Bush on William F. Buckley