I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.

- George H. W. Bush

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

- George H. W. Bush

I don't write letters anymore.

- George H. W. Bush

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

- George H. W. Bush

Every loss of life is terrible.

- George H. W. Bush

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

- George H. W. Bush

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

- George H. W. Bush

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

- George H. W. Bush

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

- George H. W. Bush

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

- George H. W. Bush

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

- George H. W. Bush

Debates, I hate.

- George H. W. Bush

Our God is a forgiving God.

- George H. W. Bush

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

- George H. W. Bush

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

- George H. W. Bush

I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.

- George H. W. Bush

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.

- George H. W. Bush

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.

- George H. W. Bush

We are not the sum of our possessions.

- George H. W. Bush

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

- George H. W. Bush