BUSHISMS: Did he really say that? Yes, get used to it.

It is said that a picture can say a thousand words. Perhaps these pictures have a larger vocabulary than their subject?

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' --George W. Bush, Feb. 21, 2001

"It's good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is our first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about policy that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a beautiful, beautiful part of our national--really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it."-George W. Bush, Feb. 8, 2001

"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House -- make no mistake about it." --George W. Bush, Feb. 7, 2001

"There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it." --George W. Bush, speaking to Catholic leaders at the White House, Jan. 31, 2001

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state."--George W. Bush, speaking to reporters, Jan. 29, 2001

"Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to -- I can't remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that." --George W. Bush, in a pre-inaugural interview with U.S. News & World Report

"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment." --George W. Bush, Jan. 2001

"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."--George W. Bush, Jan. 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." --George W. Bush, Jan. 2001

"If he's -- the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a-- is a noble institution I would -- I would strongly reject that assumption -- that John Ashcroft is a open-minded, inclusive person."--George W. Bush, Jan. 2001

"She's just trying to make sure Anthony gets a good meal --Antonio." --George W. Bush, on Laura Bush inviting Justice Antonin Scalia to dinner at the White House, Jan. 2001

"I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing our attention and energy on teaching children to read and having an education system that's responsive to the child and to the parents, as opposed to mired in a system that refuses to change, will make America we want it to be -- a more literate country and a hopefulleer country." --George W. Bush, Jan. 2001

"It'll be hard to articulate." --George W. Bush, anticipating how he'll feel upon assuming the presidency, Jan. 2001

"I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified." --George W. Bush, commenting on Linda Chavez, Jan. 2001

"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods." --George W. Bush, Dec. 20, 2000

"I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them." --George W. Bush, Dec. 20, 2000

"I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development. Mel Martinez from the state of Florida."--George W. Bush, Dec. 20, 2000

"The great thing about America is everybody should vote." --George W. Bush

"As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in Florida, I would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim Baker." --George W. Bush

"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law." --George W. Bush, Nov. 2000

"They misunderestimated me." --George W. Bush, Nov. 2000

"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures." --George W. Bush

"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program." --George W. Bush

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." --George W. Bush

"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it."--George W. Bush, during the third presidential debate

"One of the common denominators I have found is thatexpectations rise above that which is expected." --George W. Bush

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."--George W. Bush

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."--George W. Bush

"We ought to make the pie higher." --George W. Bush

"Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is -- I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president." --George W. Bush, during the third presidential debate, Oct. 2000

"The woman who knew that I had dyslexia -- I never interviewed her." --George W. Bush, responding to a magazine article claiming he suffered from dyslexia

"Laura and I are proud to call John and Michelle Engler our friends. I know you're proud to call him governor. What a good man the Englers are." --George W. Bush, Nov. 2000

"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness." --George W. Bush, in a CNN online chat, Aug. 2000

"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.'' --George W. Bush

"I'm gonna talk about the ideal world, Chris. I've read -- I understand reality. If you're asking me as the president, would I understand reality, I do." --George W. Bush, on MSNBC's "Hardball"

"The fact that he relies on facts -- says things that are not factual -- are going to undermine his campaign." --George W. Bush on Al Gore

"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."--George W. Bush

"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve." --George W. Bush, speaking during "Perseveerance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire

"The senator has got to understand if he's going to have -- he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road." --George W. Bush, on Sen. John McCain

"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there." --George W. Bush, Jan. 2000

"I don't want to win? If that were the case, why the heck am I on the bus sixteen hours a day, shaking thousands of hands, giving hundreds of speeches, getting pillared in the press and cartoons and still staying on message to win?" --George W. Bush, Jan. 2000

"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." --George W. Bush

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." --George W. Bush

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"--George W. Bush

"I was raised in the West. The West of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California." --George W. Bush

"It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then."--George W. Bush, reflecting in 1994 about growing up in Midland, Texas