George H. W. Bush

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

Debates, I hate.

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It’s amazing. A great honor.

I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn’t happen 20 years ago.

I believe in 100% Theory and 100% Practice. Theory without practical application is futile.

Everything intelligent is so boring.

Nothing’s funnier to me than laughing at myself.

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

Life is managed; it is not cured.

Grief never mended no broken bones.

Instead of being ashamed of what you’ve been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.

If you go into a union, they have got you, but what have you got?

What is important is not the right doctrine but the attainment of the true experience. It is giving up believing in belief.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.

If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.