George H W Bush/presidency 1989%e2%80%931993

Famous quotes containing the words george h, bush and/or presidency:

    As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
    So did I weave myself into the sense.
    George Herbert (1593–1633)

    I come to one bush of berries so ripe it is a bush of flies,
    Hanging their bluegreen bellies and their wing panes in a Chinese
    screen.
    The honey-feast of the berries has stunned them; they believe in
    heaven.
    Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)