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Bushism of the Day
Bryan CurtisPosted Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at 5:17 PM ET

"Brie and cheese."--Taunting a reporter who recently spent time on the West Coast, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 23, 2001
For more, see "The Complete Bushisms."
Bush on Bushisms!
"Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit and wisdom--or, as he calls it, my accidental wit and wisdom. [Laughter.] But I'm kind of proud that my words are already in book form."--Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001 (Click here for the full transcript.)
To buy a paperback version of the collected Bushisms, click here.
Bryan Curtis, a contributing writer, writes the "Middlebrow" column.
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