"I didn't grow up in the ocean --……" — George W. Bush
"I didn't grow up in the ocean -- as a matter of fact -- near the ocean -- I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing."
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802 Quotes by George W. Bush
George W. Bush has 802 quotes on this site.
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Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts…
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We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom…
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Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
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I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down…
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Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
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America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no…
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I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
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To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I…
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Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
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I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty…
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When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit…
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In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which…
— Maurice Baring
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A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what…
— Amy Carmichael
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Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical…
— Santiago Ramon y Cajal
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In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult…
— John O'Donohue
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A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most…
— Mark Twain
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The teens are emotionally unstable and pathic. It is a natural impulse to experience hot and perfervid psychic states, and…
— G. Stanley Hall
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The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being…
— Carol Bellamy
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Estimates suggest that from 20 to 50 million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical…
— Frances M. Young
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... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable…
— Philip Zimbardo
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The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.
— Carl Jung
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