Top 64 Bill W Quotes
#1. Pain is the touchstone of all growth
Bill W.
#2. The deception of others is almost always rooted in the deception of ourselves.
Bill W.
#3. Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine.
Bill W.
#4. George W. Bush cannot out-talk Al Gore. Period. Mr. Gore thinks faster on his feet and is much more verbal. So if that is the criteria, Gore won the debate. But if that is the criteria, Don Rickles should be President.
Bill O'Reilly
#5. The CARE bill is an important piece of patient-care legislation. It will improve the quality of radiologic procedures performed throughout the United States as well as assist in reducing the cost incurred by the Federal government for these procedures.
Charles W. Pickering
#6. Al Gore clearly has the vision ... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
Bill Bradley
#8. Bill Clinton beat Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, for the White House in 1992 by focusing on 'the economy, stupid' - and Clinton's victory led, in time, to the longest sustained boom in American history.
Nigel Hamilton
#9. AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
Bill W.
#10. In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
Bill W.
#11. Was I in here last night and did I spend a $20 bill?
Oh, thank goodness ... I thought I'd lost it.
W.C. Fields
#12. We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.
George W. Bush
#13. [George W. Bush] has balls. And he's a leader. Unfortunately his balls and leadership are in the service of shitty ideas. We need his balls on someone who thinks right.
Bill Maher
#14. It's true I've got no shirts to wear;
It's true my butcher's bill is due;
It's true my prospects all look blue
But don't let that unsettle you
W.S. Gilbert
#15. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity.
Bill W.
#16. I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
Bill W.
#17. You know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on third base and thought he'd hit a triple. Well, with the 22 million new jobs and the budget surplus Bill Clinton left behind, George W. Bush came into office on third base, and then he stole second.
Ted Strickland
#18. His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.
Robert W. Service
#19. More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
Bill W.
#20. A troubled economy is always the sitting president's fault. It was when Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter, when Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush, and when Barack Obama defeated John McCain by running against George W. Bush.
Mark McKinnon
#21. Motivate them, train them, care about them and make winners out of them. We know if we treat our employees right, they'll treat the customers right. And if customers are treated right, they'll come back.
J.W. "Bill" Marriott Jr.
#22. The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
Bill W.
#23. Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
Bill W.
#24. This week Bill Clinton tweeted a photo of himself reading George W. Bush's new book '41.' Then George W. Bush responded to that post on Instagram. Then John McCain said 'You two are hilarious' by telegraph.
Jimmy Fallon
#25. Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain
Bill W.
#26. No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it
Bill W.
#27. When the Holy Father passed away in 2005, Laura, Dad, Bill Clinton, and I flew together to his funeral in Rome. It was the first time an American president had attended the funeral of a pope, let alone brought two of his predecessors.
George W. Bush
#28. The good is the enemy of the best.
Bill W.
#29. Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.
George W. Bush
#30. Nothing matters more to AA's future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Used unselfishly and well, it can produce results surpassing our present imagination.
Bill W.
#31. I never bought a man who wasn't for sale.
-W.A. Clark, ascribed
Bill Dedman
#32. How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
Bill W.
#33. In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
Bill W.
#34. I find that those who voted for George W. Bush are less offended by his religious references, and those who voted for Bill Clinton did not seem offended at all when people prayed at his inauguration.
Gwen Ifill
#35. Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
Bill W.
#36. The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development.
Bill W.
#37. Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty ever written are lies to be burned and destroyed and forgotten.
George W. Bush
#38. It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
Bill W.
#39. A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.
Bill W. Clayton
#40. Vanity Fair magazine reports that former President Clinton and Al Gore haven't spoken to each other since George W. Bush's inauguration. Not only that, Bill and his wife, Hillary, haven't spoken since Richard Nixon's inauguration.
Conan O'Brien
#41. The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror ... so today I vetoed it
George W. Bush
#42. The four most important words in the English language are, "What do you think?" Listen to your people and learn.
J.W. "Bill" Marriott Jr.
#43. Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear.
Bill W.
#44. [W]e've learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.
Bill Clegg
#45. I was very disappointed, very disappointed when President [George W.] Bush proclaimed Kwanzaa as a national holiday. Prior to that, Bill Clinton did the same thing.
Tucker Carlson
#46. You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' ... 'Where am I?' ... 'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.
Bill W.
#47. I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.
George W. Bush
#48. While I am alive, I intend to live. (Everett Ruess to his friend Bill, Mar 9, 1931, p 31)
W.L. Rusho
#50. Step One is about recognizing our brokenness.
Bill W.
#51. We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual ...
Bill W.
#52. Nearly a quarter of American men were in the Armed forces [in 1968] . The rest were in school, in prison, or were George W. Bush.
Bill Bryson
#53. Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
Bill W.
#54. Do you know how many aliens Bill Clinton deported? 12 million. Do you know how many illegal aliens, George W. Bush deported? 10 million. We can enforce the laws and if we secure the border, that solves the problem. And as president I will solve this problem and secure the border.
Ted Cruz
#55. I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him.
Pete Rose
#56. Bill's voice floated up: Y-You c-c-can stay up th-there if you w-want, Ruh-Ruh-Richie. St-Stand g-g-guard.
Stephen King
#57. We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from the experience.
Bill W.
#58. Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.
Bill W.
#59. Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
Bill W.
#60. The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason - to pass the tax bill on to you.
George W. Bush
#62. God is either everything, or He is nothing.
Bill W.
#63. The folks you help won't remember it and the folks you hurt won't ever forget it.
Bill W. Clayton
#64. I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
Bill W.
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