I saw a poster of quotes at the Imaginus poster sale at the U. Thought I'd share some with everyone :
"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case" - Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000.
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" - Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000.
"Nigeria is an important continent " - Oct., 2000.
"If you're asking me as the president would I understand reality, I do."
"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods" - Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000.
"I know how hard it is to put food on your family" - Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000.
"If you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."
"The senator [McCain] has got to understand if he's going to have - he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road" - to reporters in Florence, S.C., Feb. 17, 2000.
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." - Reuters, May 5, 2000.
"I know the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully" - Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000.
"We ought to make the pie higher" - South Carolina Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000.
"There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me."
"This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot."
"There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of this [web] site, and this guy is just a garbage man, that's all he is" - George Jr., discussing a web site that parodies him . . .
"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas" - Sept., 2000.
"They [farmers] will be in the forethought of our thinking."
"I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up" - Bush, on David Letterman, March 2, 2000. (the audience booed).
"I understand small business growth. I was one"- New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000.
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile" - Sept., 2000.
"Let me make sure I know what you're saying. You're calling me back to retract your confession?"
"It's not the governor's role to decide who goes to heaven. I believe that God decides who goes to heaven, not " - , in the Houston Chronicle.
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
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"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
... to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/93
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
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"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican"
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"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
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"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
... 9/22/97
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
..., 9/5/93
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
..., 9/18/95
"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that George Bush may or may not make."
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"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."
...Governor
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
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"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
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"Public speaking is very easy." ... to reporters
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
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"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."