J.M. Bush Quotes

One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.

Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

The thing I miss about Air Force One is they don't lose my luggage.

Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of.

The Geneva Convention . . . says that there will be no outrages upon human dignity. It’s very vague. What does that mean, ‘outrages upon human dignity’?

What we have in Washington is total gridlock.

The American way of life is not negotiable.

Terrorism against our nation will not stand.

I read the newspaper.

You're either with us... or you're with the memes!

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.

To me, Jeb Bush is hitting his stride. He was the most composed, the most endpoint, the most in control, I've seen him in an interview yet. And it's not because I wasn't asking him tough questions

My girlfriends are my life, but I'm also one of those girls who can hang out with the guys.

The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.

It may be the best that Hillary Clinton can do, but it's not the best America can do.

What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.

We need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone.

If we want to destroy radical Islamic terrors, we can't disassociate ourselves from peace loving Muslims.

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.

People just deserve to be treated with kindness.

There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.

The woman who knew that I had dyslexia - I never interviewed her.

This is my calling, this is why I was put on this earth-to make a difference in people's lives.

It matters not how you play the game, So long as you never lose.

This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.

Too many of our children cannot read. Reading is the building block, and it must be the foundation for education reform.

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

We've all known a John Tucker. We've either known one, dated one or our best friend has dated one. I think a lot of men at one point or another have been a John Tucker.

I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of [CIA] sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors.

For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am.

The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur.

People make suggestions on what to say all the time... Trust me.

Scientific progress on a broad front results from the free play of free intellects, working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated by their curiosity for exploration of the unknown.

I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.

God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them; then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did.

Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It's supposed to be fun.

There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.

Whatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.

People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.

I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights.

My children were born into this. They will always be the grandchildren of the President and First Lady of the United States.

When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits inspiration floating about and grab them.

... for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we'll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.