Famous quotes from Dan Quayle
(Hopefuly, they aren't from our upcoming
president.)
"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only
regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in
school so I could converse with those people."
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between
a mother and child."
"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow
astronauts."
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat
the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We
have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and
water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If
oxygen, that means we can breathe."
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a
mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's
history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived
in this century. I didn't live in this century."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more
freedom and democracy - but that could change."
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice
president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
"May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the
world."
-- The Quayles' 1989 Christmas card.
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
"We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go
forward."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good
judgments in the future."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in
the world."
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive
positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO.
We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of
Europe."
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican." (In other words, he's not part of the problem, he is the problem.)
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going
to the polls."
"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused
the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been
direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The
rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings?
The killers are to blame."
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of
not having it."
"Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows
she still has a job next year."
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not
occur."
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach
our children."
"The American people would not want to know of any
misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make."
"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to
enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's
the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
