George H. W. Bush Quotes

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

It’s much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.

Our God is a forgiving God.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

I’m not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it’s a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don’t believe that’s the way one oughta campaign, I’ve never done that.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

Debates, I hate.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

I don’t write letters anymore.

Old guys can still do fun things.

I’m going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you’re not going to believe it.

Please don’t ask me to do that which I’ve just said I’m not going to do, because you’re burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.

I think I’d be a better president because I was in combat.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You’re looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

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

I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.