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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.