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Thursday, September 11, 2014

We ought to make the pie higher




"(Yogi Berra's) been an inspiration to me — not only because of his baseball skills but, of course, for the enduring mark he left on the English language. Some of the press corps even think he might be my speechwriter." —George W. Bush, hosting baseball Hall of Famers at the White House

"If they would read it closely they would see I'm using the transitive plural tense so the word 'is' are correct." —George W. Bush, explaining at the Radio & TV Correspondents Dinner the brilliance behind his infamous remark "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"

"It is a very complicated economic point I was making there. Believe me, what this country needs is taller pie." —George W. Bush, explaining what he meant when he said "We ought to make the pie higher"


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