Bye George!

It's time to bid farewell to Geedubbya....but before that, here are some of his finest moments:

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." [Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002]

"And I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president." [discussing flooding in the Midwest, Washington, D.C., June 17, 2008]

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." [Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004]

"Your eminence, you're looking good." [to Pope Benedict XVI, using the title for Catholic cardinals, rather than addressing him as "your holiness," Rome, June 13, 2008]

"Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech." [to Pope Benedict, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008]

"They misunderestimated me." [Nov. 6, 2000]

"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures." [Jan. 3, 2000]

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" [Jan. 11, 2000]

"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber." [no doubt drawing on his deep understanding of the scientific principles behind Stem Cell Research, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2002]

"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." [Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008]

"Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." [parting words to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at his final G-8 Summit, punching the air and grinning widely as the two leaders looked on in shock, Rusutsu, Japan, July 10, 2008]