Logic
* "It is better to have lost and .. er to have loved and lost than to have lost.. to have loved never before to have er .. lost." --Dallas, July 11., 2006
* "The future will be better tomorrow."
* "I believe we are called to do the hard work to make our communities and quality of life a better place." -hahaha8212;Collinsville, Ill., 5 Jan., 2005
* "It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2004
* "I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton. He's one of the great Pennsylvania political families." -hahaha8212;Drexel Hill, Penn., Sept. 15, 2003
* "Our country puts $1 billion a year up to help feed the hungry. And we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to that, and I'm proud to report that. This isn't a contest of who's the most generous. I'm just telling you as an aside. We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very generous." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., July 16, 2003
* "There's an old saying in Tennesseehahaha8212;I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennesseehahaha8212;that says, fool me once, shame onhahaha8212;shame on you. Fool mehahaha8212;you can't get fooled again." -hahaha8212;Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
* "I'm also mindful that man should never try to put words in God's mouth. I mean, we should never ascribe natural disasters or anything else, to God. We are in no way, shape, or form should a human being, play God." -hahaha8212;Appearing on ABC's 20/20, Washington D.C., Jan. 14, 2005
* "I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure." --Interview with the Associated Press, Jan. 18, 2001
* "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."--Interview with the New York Times, Jan. 14, 2001
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On Pollution
* "It is not pollution that is ruining the earth. It is impurities in the water and air."
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Misc
* "I always jest to people, the Oval Office is the kind of place where people stand outside, they're getting ready to come in and tell me what for, and they walk in and get overwhelmed by the atmosphere. And they say 'man, you're looking pretty.' " -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2004
* "Tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. You're ahahaha8212;you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And, therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004
* "I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist, for joining us today. hahaha8230; He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me. (More laughter.)" -hahaha8212;Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004
* "One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governorhahaha8212;the presidenthahaha8212;governorhahaha8212;president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched himhahaha8212;get a Purple Heart for action in Iraqhahaha8212;and at that samehahaha8212;right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United Stateshahaha8212;a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen."hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2004
* "I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003
* "Iran would be dangerous if they have a nuclear weapon." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., June 18, 2003
* "Now, there are some who would like to rewrite historyhahaha8212;revisionist historians is what I like to call them." -hahaha8212;Elizabeth, N.J., June 16, 2003
* "I'm the master of low expectations." -hahaha8212;Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003
* "Strategery"
* "I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things." -hahaha8212;Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003
* "I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., May 29, 2003
* "And, most importantly, Alma Powell, secretary of Colin Powell, is with us." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2003
* "I think the American peoplehahaha8212;I hope the Americanhahaha8211;I don't think, let mehahaha8212;I hope the American people trust me." -hahaha8212;Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2002
* "I know something about being a government. And you've got a good one." -hahaha8212;Stumping for Gov. Mike Huckabee, Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 4, 2002
* "I'm plowed of the leadership of Chuck Grassley and Greg Ganske and Jim Leach." -hahaha8212;Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 16, 2002
* "They misunderestimated me"
* "Truth Teller"
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