Dan Quayle Quotes

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is `to be prepared`.

Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still has a job next year.

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 stand by all the misstatements that I`ve made.

The future will be better tomorrow.

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

We don`t want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

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`s) time for the human race to enter the solar system.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

What a waste it is to lose one`s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

Public speaking is very easy.

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

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.

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.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

We`re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future.

I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

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.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

El Salvador is a democracy so it`s not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it`s Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

I do have a political agenda. It`s to have as few regulations as possible.

I have made good judgements in the past. I have made good judgements in the future.

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

It`s a very good historical book about history.

Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren`t. I don`t know if its the way you say it, or how you look.

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

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.

In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get - The Future!

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we`re going forward to tomorrow or whether we`re going to go past to the - to the back!

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

This election is about who`s going to be the next President of the United States!

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

We`re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

I want to be Robin to Bush`s Batman.

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

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.

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

The other day the President said, I know you`ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

What you guys want, I`m for.

I have a very good family. I`m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It`s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

It`s rural America. It`s where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

I just don`t believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It`s the other way around. They never vote for us.

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it`s always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.

This election is about who`s going to be the next President of the United States!

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

I`m going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we`ve had in a couple of hundred years.

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I`m not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.

The future will be better tomorrow.

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don`t deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement

I`ve never professed to be anything but an average student.

It`s time for the human race to enter the solar system.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

Bobby Knight told me this: `There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.` In other words a good offense wins.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.