DANQUA~1.TXT - Dan Quayle quotes



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

                                      

                           Public speaking is very easy.

                                      

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

                                      

                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.

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