"Avoid this crowd like the plague. And if they quote you, make damn sure they heard you."

“I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.”

“George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush Oral History, Houston Oral History Project”

“The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions.... You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.”

“Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy”

“But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or that or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that, and watch him suffer?”

“What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.”