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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“Did y'all watch the game last night?”

~ George Bush on the game last night

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

~ George Bush on Illiteracy

“I'm the master of low expectations.”

~ George Bush on low expectations

“We are fully committed to working with both sides to bring the level of terror down to an acceptable level for both.”

~ George Bush on bringing down the level of terror to an acceptable level

“Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.”

~ George Bush on terrorism

“This is W.W. Bush”

~ George Bush on picking up the phone

“In my administration... failure... is not optional.”

~ George Bush on competence

“I became totally inebriated with hitting the big one.”

~ George Bush on his days in the oil industry

“Did y'all watch the game last night?”

~ George Bush on the game last night

“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

“Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is--I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.”

~ George Bush on death tax