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

I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix.
– Dan Quayle

If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.
– Dan Quayle

A zebra cannot change its spots.
– Dan Quayle

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is “to be prepared.”
– Dan Quayle

It’s wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
– Dan Quayle

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
– 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

This isn’t a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.
– Dan Quayle

Solutions are not the answer.
– Dan Quayle

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

I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.
– Dan Quayle

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

The future will be better tomorrow.
– Dan Quayle

We don’t want to go back to tomorrow, we want to move forward.
– Dan Quayle

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

The best thing about rain forests is that they never suffer from drought.
– Dan Quayle

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.
– Dan Quayle

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.
– Dan Quayle

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

For NASA, space is still a high priority.
– 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

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.
– Dan Quayle

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
– Dan Quayle

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.
– Dan Quayle

It’s time for the human race to enter the solar system.
– Dan Quayle

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
– Dan Quayle

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

We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
– Dan Quayle