The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
San Antonio Express-News, January 30, 2000 [80]; speech in Pella, Iowa
I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is misunderestimating.
Quoted in U.S. News & World Reports, April 3, 2000
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.
Hardball, May 31, 2000
Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession. We want anybody who can find work to be able to find work.
60 Minutes II, December 5, 2000
The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.
New York Times, January 14, 2001 [81]
Rarely is the question asked, ...is our children learning?
January 11, 2001 Washington TV/Radio Correspondents dinner; sometimes reported as "is our children learning?" South Carolina campaign stop.
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
Yahoo! News, August 5, 2004, upon signing a US$417 billion defense spending bill; Video at The Smoking Gun, Political humor at About.com
The, uh, questionnaire that she filled out is an important questionnaire, and, uh, obviously they will address the questions that, uh, the senators have in the questionnaire, uh, as a result of the answers to the questions in the questionnaire. [smiles]
MSNBC, live coverage of Bush press conference, October 20, 2005; answering questions about Harriet Miers's questionnaire submitted to the Senate for her Supreme Court Justice nomination hearings
That makes sense to me, doesn't it?
Speech at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Artesia, New Mexico, 6 June 2006. Transcript RealPlayer Video(at 16:25)
The United States and China are two nations divided by a vast ocean.
Speech about US relations with China, April 20, 2006
We have a big border between Texas and Mexico.
Speech about illegal immigration, March 20, 2006
The primary component of gasoline is crude oil.
Speech about gas prices, April 22, 2006
You can't read a newspaper if you can't read.
Speech, August 6, 2004
I would still invade Iraq even if Iraq never existed.
"Bush: Now Iraq's a moderate fiasco," Press-Telegram, Monday, August 21, 2006
One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.
Washington, D.C., October 11, 2006
Family is where America finds hope, where wings take dream.
As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured.
Speech to congress, to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, September 26, 2007
