Bushisms
Mispoken speakings, poor grammar, and made-up words are all literary stylings made rather infamous by George W. Bush.
Quotes (58)
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
"The Civil War was the best war we've ever had because when you're fighting with yourself, you're always going to win."
"The future will be a better tomorrow."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
"Needless to say, the president is correct. Whatever it was he said."
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
"Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better."
"You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."
"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe -- I believe what I believe is right."
"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."
"I understand small business growth. I was one."
"Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."
"We have overcome a recession. That means things are going backwards."
"Higher productivity means that workers earn more."
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
"It's your money. You paid for it."
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
"We love the fact that people can worship an almighty God any way they see fit here in America."
"I did denounce it. I de- I denounced it. I denounced interracial dating. I denounced anti-Catholic bigacy... bigotry."
Interviewer: Well, you're a secular official...
Bush: I agree. I am a secular official.
Interviewer: And not a missionary.
Bush: Sir, on the air strikes in Iraq, the Pentagon is now saying that most of the bombs used in those strikes missed their targets.
I've not made up our mind about military action
"After all, we're at war, and for the first time in our nation's history, part of the battlefront is here at home."
"I believe that one of these days we're going to have brand new types of cars that are going to make us less dependent on foreign sources of crude oil, and we'll be more better at cleaning our air."
"One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life."
"We're still being challenged in Iraq and the reason why is a free Iraq will be a major defeat in the cause of freedom."
"He got him 175 employees, which is a good size company."
"I had a cordial meeting at that meeting last night. We greeted each other, cordially."
"No child should be left behind in the state of South Dakota."
"If you find a neighbor in need, you're responsible for serving that neighbor in need, you're responsible for loving a neighbor just like you'd like to love yourself."
"I -- first of all, there's a lot of brains in this room. And you get to decide whether there's a brain drain in Russia. I tell Vladimir all the time -- I mean, Mr. President all the time -- that Russia's most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you've got a lot of it. It's going to take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain."
"It was vital for our economic future, because when you give people more of their own money to spend, they demand. And when they demand, somebody produces. And when somebody produce, somebody gets to work."
"You're going to hear the statisticians, the number crunchers, the bean counters -- as we call them in Texas -- say this might have been a recession, this might not have been a recession, this, that and the other. Well, when they do that, they get crossways with the Bush boys."
"There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it."
"When you have your own money, it means you've got more money to spend."
"The benefits of helping somebody is beneficial."
"We're in for a long struggle, and I think Texans understand that. And so do Americans."
"This is an historic times."
"I don't think you give timelines to dictators."
Lisa, Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos.
"It's like the Grey Poupon of mustards."
"You know how you get hungry after eating a big meal..."
"You are not thinking. You are merely being logical!"
"Since when does W come before Wolf?"
My stomach tastes like burning
"Me fail english? That's unpossible!"
"Let's go drink like frogs."