Top 208 Quotes & Sayings by Dan Quayle

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Last updated on November 3, 2024.
Dan Quayle

James Danforth Quayle is an American politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. Before that, Quayle served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 4th district from 1977 to 1981 and as a U.S. senator from Indiana from 1981 to 1989. Quayle unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2000.

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.
It's a very good historical book about history.
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made. — © Dan Quayle
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.
I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.
Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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.
People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.
This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States! — © Dan Quayle
This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!
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.
Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.
If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.
Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
You do the policy, I'll do the politics.
If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.
Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.
I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
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?
I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.
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.
This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins. — © Dan Quayle
Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
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.
The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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.
Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
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.
The future will be better tomorrow.
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other. — © Dan Quayle
The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
It shows 'us vs. them', and I'm on the 'us' side.
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
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.
I deserve respect for the things I did not do.
Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.
Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.
It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.
My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.
Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.
For NASA, space is still a high priority.
Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
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