Quaylisms





I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have



was that I didnt study Latin harder in school so I could converse



with those people.



— J. Danforth Quayle







If we dont succeed, we run the risk of failure. — J. Danforth



Quayle







Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and



child.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







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



Vice President Dan Quayle







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.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 8/11/89







What a waste it is to lose ones mind. Or not to have a mind is



being very wasteful. How true that is.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nations history. I mean



in this centurys history. But we all lived in this century. I



didnt live in this century.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/15/88







I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and



democracy – but that could change.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/22/89







One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president,



and that one word is to be prepared.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 12/6/89







May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the world.



— The Quayles 1989 Christmas card. [Not a beacon of literacy,



though.]







Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. — Vice President



Dan Quayle, 11/30/88







We dont want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward. — Vice



President Dan Quayle







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



in the Future.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







The future will be better tomorrow. — Vice President Dan Quayle







Were going to have the best-educated American people in the world.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/21/88







People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions



and have a tremendous impact on history.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







I stand by all the misstatements that Ive made.



— Vice President Dan Quayle to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89







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. — Vice



President Dan Quayle







Public speaking is very easy.



— Vice President Dan Quayle to reporters in 10/88







I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican. — Vice President



Dan Quayle







I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. — Vice



President Dan Quayle







A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the



polls.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







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.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







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



it.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/20/92 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)







Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still



has a job next year.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 8/18/92







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



Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/22/90







For NASA, space is still a high priority. — Vice President Dan



Quayle, 9/5/90







Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our



children.



— Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/18/90







The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan



Quayle may or may not make.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







Were all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on



the mistakes we may or may not have made.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







It isnt pollution thats harming the environment. Its the



impurities in our air and water that are doing it.



— Vice President Dan Quayle







[Its] time for the human race to enter the solar system. — Vice



President Dan Quayle