Dan Quayle Quotes

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

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

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.

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

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

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

We all lived in this century, I didn't live in this century.

Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

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

Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.

It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

No, I had no problem communicating with Latin American heads of state - though now I do wish I had paid more attention to Latin when I was in high school.

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 are not homeless if they're sleeping in the streets of their own hometowns.

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

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.

We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to move forward.

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

If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.

We have seen pictures [of mars] where there there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.

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.

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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.

Much to popular disbelief, horses walking around during the elections with their tails straight up in the air are not showing off their Bush/Quale buttons.

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 love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

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.

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

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

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

People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.

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

I didn't pay a lot of attention as I should have in college.

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

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

Happy campers you have been, happy campers you are, and happy campers you will always be.

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

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.

We must reject the idea of isolationism, . But that doesn't mean we should get involved in every civil war around the world.

The best thing about rain forests is they never suffer from drought.

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.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

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

It's a very good historical book about history.

I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.