Peals of Wisdom from fromer Vice President Danforth Quayle
Actual 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 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.”
[Not a beacon of literacy, though.]
“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.”
(reported in Esquire, 8/92)
“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.”