Mother is coming out of the hospital. I hope they don't put this on TV, but she's a tough old bird — whose spirits are soaring high.

This is a job which, you know, obviously had a lot of stress to it. It has a lot of pressure. But when you're around your family at all, all that pales.

And so here we are at my mother and dad's house, enjoying a beautiful Maine day, fixing to sit down with the President of France.

I wouldn't ask a mother or a dad — I wouldn't put their son in harm's way if I didn't believe this was necessary for the security of the United States and peace of the world.

Some time ago, a naval aviator about to deploy to war wrote a letter to his fiancé. This letter may remind you of some of the letters you've received. His words back then were these: 'For a long time I had anxiously looked forward to the day when we would go abroad and set to sea... but you have changed all that. I do want to go because it is my part, but now leaving presents itself not as an adventure but as a job.'

If you're a son or a daughter, and your mom or dad is eligible for Medicare and he or she hasn't signed up, I believe the son or a daughter has a duty to help the mom or dad understand what's available. That's what sons and daughters are supposed to do. That's called love. And a loving son or daughter should take a look and help their folks realize what's possible, help design a drug benefit program that meets your mom or dad's needs.

And here she is the First Lady of the United States. And she is good. Boy, I tell you, she's — when she speaks, she's very credible because she's a decent, credible person.

The only way to increase supply is to build refineries. Again, I repeat to you this amazing fact. We have not built a new refinery in America since the 1970s. And then we had the storm, and it took refinery capacity off, and guess what happens? It creates a tight supply situation, which causes price to go up. So Congress needs to deal with that. And I repeat, they need to get the Patriot Act to my desk.

You realize that if you're a two-working family — spouses, both spouses work in the family, and one dies early, that eventually the sole surviving spouse can choose the benefits from his plan or her plan, which is ever higher, but not both.

If you're a two-working family like a lotta families are here in America, and, uhh — two people working in your family, and the, the spouse dies early — before 62, for example — all of the money that the spouse has put into the system, uhh, is gum — held there, and then when the other spouse retires, he or she gets to choose the benefits from his or her own work, or the other spouse's benefits, which is ever higher but not both.

Barney, I know you wanted to be in my cabinet. But I've already given you an important job. Your job is to take care of Miss Beasley. Your job is to welcome her into our family, to make sure that Miss Beasley gets along with Willie. And I don't want you chasin' Willie — around the house anymore, do you understand that? I'm countin' on you.

It turns out that my grandfather, Prescott S. Bush, was the first President and CEO of USO, so it's only fitting that I'm coming — working in the assembly line.

Yes, that's a — first of all, Mom, you're doing — that's tough. But it's — I appreciate that. I appreciate the idea of you wanting to give your children the education from you and the mom.

She is a fabulous First Lady. I was a lucky man when she said, yes, I agree to marry you. I love her dearly, and I'm proud of the job she's doing on behalf of all Americans. Just like I love my brother.

I think Jeb and I were touched by what it means to be sitting at a table with a daughter who has said, I've got a responsibility to my mom.

I'm — I've just come from Washington to here, obviously — I'm going down to L.A. I wish I came with my wife. I wish she were with me. She has done a fabulous job. I will see her tonight in Crawford, Texas. Well, she'll be the lump in the bed next to me, since I get in at 1:30 a.m. in the morning. But you drew the short straw. Had she come and spoken, you would have had the long straw. She is a — she's a remarkable person. She has been calm and steady in the face of significant crisis. She can smile, she can listen.

If only I could have heard Johnny Mathis sing, then I would have wished Laura were here again.

I appreciate [Florida Governor] Jeb [Bush] — talk about swamping somebody, he knows the definition of 'swamp' when it comes to political campaigns.

After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.

I had the privilege of saying good-bye for a brief period of time to our First Lady who's down there in Crawford. She is — she was born and raised in West Texas. That's kind of like western Oklahoma, not a lot of native trees and not a lot of water.

The country is — has gotten to know Laura, like I have gotten to know her.

And above all, we welcome the Eisenhower family, and send our good wishes to John Eisenhower, who could not be with us today. As the son of a President, myself, I know how proud John must feel, knowing that our country's respect for his father has only increased with the years.

Everybody in Crawford says hello, starting with Laura. She is doing a fabulous day. I tell people it's because she's from Midland, Texas.

If you are a mom and dad, you are responsible for loving your child with all your heart and all your soul.

I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war.

And we're too close, our relationship is too strong to endure some of the slights that come along.

And it all starts with the human element, the thing that matters most in life, and that is our faiths and our families and our respected loves as dads for our daughters.

There are mothers and dads in Mexico who love their children just as much as mothers and dads in America do. And if there are a mother or dad who can't find work, worried about food on the table, they're going to come and find work in America.

Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious — I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

I'm glad the First Lady is here. It's an unusual job where all you've got to do is walk down from your living room and come to work. I'm really proud of Laura.

We have struggle to not proceed, but to precede to the future of a nation's child.

It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.

Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.

The best way to relieve families from time is to let them keep some of their own money.

Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis.

You're working hard to put food on your family.

I think it's important for those of us in a position of responsibility to be firm in sharing our experiences, to understand that the babies out of wedlock is a very difficult chore for mom and baby alike. ... I believe we ought to say there is a different alternative than the culture that is proposed by people like Miss Wolf in society. ... And, you know, hopefully, condoms will work, but it hasn't worked.