People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. - Dan Quayle
I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican. - Dan Quayle
It was just a job. It wasn't any special interest in consumer affairs. I needed a paycheck and the Attorney General said that I would be best to go down there, because he knew I was anti-consumer. - 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. - Dan Quayle
Public speaking is very easy. - Dan Quayle
Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. - Dan Quayle
What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is. - Dan Quayle
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change. - Dan Quayle
Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still has a job next year. - Dan Quayle
Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. [There is no need to worry about a protracted war because] from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time. - Dan Quayle
If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. - Dan Quayle
Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war. - Dan Quayle
People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. - Dan Quayle
[The U.S. victory in Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression. - Dan Quayle
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. - Dan Quayle
I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future. - 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. - Dan Quayle
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. - Dan Quayle
We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward. - Dan Quayle
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. - Dan Quayle
[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system. - Dan Quayle
My fellow astronauts... - Dan Quayle
Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child. - Dan Quayle
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made. - Dan Quayle
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. - Dan Quayle
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. - Dan Quayle
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. - Dan Quayle
For NASA, space is still a high priority. - Dan Quayle
You have a part-time job, and that's better than no job at all. - Dan Quayle
It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. - Dan Quayle
Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts. - Dan Quayle
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'. - Dan Quayle
We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world. - Dan Quayle
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. - Dan Quayle