"The Bushisms: Poppy and Dubya Speak" | Page 1, 2
Combating International Terrorism
"When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music." —George Bush Sr., in 1991
"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.'' —George W. Bush, in Aug. 2000
Riding the Wave of the Future
"High tech is potent, precise, and in the end, unbeatable. The truth is, it reminds a lot of people of the way I pitch horseshoes. Would you believe some of the people? Would you believe our dog? Look, I want to give the high-five symbol to high tech." —George Bush Sr., in 1989
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" —George W. Bush, in Jan. 2000
Misguided Imagery
"If a frog had wings, he wouldn't hit his tail on the ground. Too hypothetical." —George Bush Sr., in 1992
"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." —George W. Bush, in Oct.. 2000
Don't Quota Me
"It gets into quota, go into numerical, set numbers for doctors or for, it could go into all kinds of things." —George Bush Sr.
"What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position.'' —George W. Bush, in Jan. 2000
Making the Grade
"And let me say in conclusion, thanks for the kids. I learned an awful lot about bathtub toys — about how to work the telephone. One guy knows — several of them know their own phone numbers — preparation to go to the dentist. A lot of things I'd forgotten. So it's been a good day." —George Bush Sr., in 1992
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" —George W. Bush, in Jan. 2000
Webster's, to Heck With It
"Those are two hyporhetorical questions." —George Bush Sr., in 1988
"I've got a record, a record that is conservative and a record that is compassionated." —George W. Bush, in March 2000
Poetically Incorrect
"The Democrats want to ram it down my ear in a political victory." —George Bush Sr., in 1991
"We ought to make the pie higher." —George W. Bush, in Feb. 2000
On the Couch
"To kind of suddenly try to get my hair colored, and dance up and down in a miniskirt or do something, you know, show that I've got a lot of jazz out there and drop a bunch of one-liners, I'm running for the president of the United States...I kind of think I'm a scintillating kind of fellow." —George Bush Sr., in 1988
"Actually, I — this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about — when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me." —George W. Bush, in May 2000
The Electability Thing
"I don't want to get, you know, here we are close to the election — sounding a knell of overconfidence that I don't feel." —George Bush Sr., in 1988
"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready
for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes." —George W. Bush, in Aug.
2000 
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