Dan quayle quotes

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

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

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

I've been told to keep my remarks relatively brief. I understand Quayle-hunting season begins at noon.

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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.

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

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

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?

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!

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

This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.

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?

If Ross Perot runs, that's good for us. If he doesn't run, it's good for us.

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'm the Vice-President. They know it, and they know that I know it.

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.

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

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

I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.

We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

This is where the Continental Congress met over two hundred years ago during the American Revolution. So, Lancaster was actually the capital of our nation for one day in 1977.

The Democrats talked about putting people first. Well, they put people first unless you happen to be a spotted owl or a giant garter snake or some other endangered species and then that seems to have priority. Obviously, you take the bald eagle and things of that sort, of course you're going to make sure that they are saved and that they can live and you're going to take every precaution that you can. But others - we just need a little flexibility.

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya go...alright!

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

It's immoral to parent irresponsibly... And it doesn't help matters any when prime time tv, like "Murphy Brown", a character who is supposed to represent a successful career woman of today, mocks the importance of the father by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another "lifestyle choice." Marriage is probably the best anti-poverty program there is... Even though our cultural leaders in Hollywood, network TV, the national newspapers routinely jeer at [such values] I think most of us in this room know that some things are good, and other things are wrong.

The peace dividend is peace.

Who would have predicted... that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a hero in Czechoslovakia. Unbelievable.

I happen to be a Republican President... ah... the Vice President.

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.

The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo.

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

I also try to discipline myself when I get into a situation... and I'm trying to think of an answer, instead of being verbose, which is a tendency that I have, to be concise. Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

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

The cause of the riots were the rioters

What you guys want, I'm for.

Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot.

In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

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.

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

Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana. We should concentrate on prosecuting the rapists and burglars who are a menace to society.

It's a very good historical book about history.

This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.

Air travel efficiency would improve if more travelers started going to less popular places.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

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.

In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get the future.

The destruction, it is just very heart-rendering.

It's not just enough to change the president if we want to change America.

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.

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.

I told you all lawyers are worthless. After all it takes won (sic) to know one.

What a terrible thing it is to lose one's mind.

I've never professed to be anything but an average student.

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

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

The future will be a better tomorrow.

[The US is] naked, absolutely nude, to attack [by the Soviets].

A good debater can be a good communicator. You have to communicate when you're president of the United States, and communicate effectively with the American people, and with the world.

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made

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

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.

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.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

Speaking as a man, it's not a woman's issue. Us men are tired of losing our women.

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

What the media wants and what the media demands of Christians is very simply this: your silence.

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.

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

I would guess that there's adequate low-income housing in the country.

And this is the best chance to begin to establish the New World Order.

We lead in exporting jobs.

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

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.

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

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

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of human rights.

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

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

This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!

Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism.

They asked me to go in front of the Reagans. I'm not used to going in front of President Reagan, so we went out behind the Bushes.

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

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

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

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

Want to hear a sad story about the Dukakis campaign? The governor of Massachusetts, he lost his top naval advisor last week. His rubber ducky drowned in the bathtub.

Getting [cruise missiles] more accurate so that we can have precise precision.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a cure for AIDS in the marketplace before Magic Johnson gets AIDS?

Let me tell you something. As we were walking around in the store, Marilyn and I were just really impressed by all the novelties and the different types of little things that you could get for Christmas. And all the people that would help you, they were dressed up in things that said 'I believe in Santa Claus.' And the only thing that I could think is that I believe in George Bush.

I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.

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

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

It is not death that I'm apparently now succumbing to, but the rapid diminishment of lifeforce from this body of mine.

On the security front, the United States must continue to play a leadership role. There simply is not another country in the world that commands the respect or has the capabilities that we do, and we must not shrink from our responsibilities.

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.

It would be bad for the economy if we have another Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy Carter grain embargo.

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.

Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesnt help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes todays intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.

Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. It is a-it is different than the other 49 states. Well, all states are different, but it's got a particularly unique situation.

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

I feel that this is my first year, that next year is an election year, that the third year is the mid point, and that the fourth year is the last chance I'll have to make a record since the last two years; I'll be a candidate again. Everything I do in those last two years will be posturing for the election. But right now I don't have to do that.

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.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

Does America really need 70 percent of the world's lawyers? Is it healthy for our economy to have 18 million lawsuits coursing through our system annually?

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.

Public Speaking is very easy.

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

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

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

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

The U.S. victory in Gulf War was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

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

I used to smoke marijuana, but that was when I was in college, before it was a drug.

You couldn't even prove the White House staff sane beyond a reasonable doubt. When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.