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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“It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.”

~ George Bush on the unlikelihood of his being elected to his first term

“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 understand small business growth. I was one.”

~ George Bush on small business growth

“…the illiteracy level of our children are appalling.”

~ George Bush on Illiteracy

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”

~ George Bush on man and fish coexisting peacefully

“Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.”

~ George Bush on terrorism

“Make me smarter... very easy. Make me even smarter... you're a good man.”

~ George Bush on sharing information

“I think it's very important for world leaders to understand that when a new administration comes in, the new administration will be running the foreign policy.”

~ George Bush on new administration

“We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates.”

~ George Bush on countering evildoers

“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

“When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.”

~ George Bush on Us and Them