Dan Quayle Quotes (137 Quotes)

We handed this administration the most favorable foreign policy cards of any administration since World War II and unfortunately one-by-one-by-one they frittered them away.

(I support efforts) to limit the terms of the members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate

I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.

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

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

I'm going to stay in the race. I really can't believe that any campaign, or should I say any candidate, is going to make a decision to stay in or get out on how they do in a straw poll. And I emphasize the word straw. This is a wonderful, Republican Party fund-raiser for the state of Iowa,

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

Today I announce that I will seek and I will win the presidency of the United States of America, ... a dishonest decade of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

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

I spoke with President Bush 41 yesterday to see what I can do, what people in Phoenix, Arizona can do, what people in Indiana can do, because this will be a nationwide effort to rebuild New Orleans and the whole Gulf Coast.

When you speak the truth ultimately you will win. Remember Murphy Brown is gone and I'm still here fighting for the American family,

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

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

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.

If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.

Look it, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions Ask me... There's not going to be any more handler stories because I'm the handler... I'm Doctor Spin.

I care deeply about this country. I care deeply about the American people,

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.

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.

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

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?

You have a part-time job and that's better than no job at all.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

The peace dividend is peace.

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 care deeply about our friends and neighbors.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

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

Today, our campaign is really in a rather unique position because the most recent, national poll -- the CNNTime (magazine) poll -- shows us in second place, finally beginning to emerge as the clear alternative to the front-runner,

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

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.

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 future will be better tomorrow.

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.

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

This is a special moment for Marilyn (his wife), for me and for my family, ... Today, I officially announce the exploratory committee for president of the United States.

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

He (Gore) has a different interpretation of what integrity is all about, ... That will be an issue in this campaign.

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

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

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

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.

There is a time to compromise, ... and there is a time to stand firm. Now, I know that it was a grand photo opportunity at the White House, but I am afraid that the taxpayer once again got the shaft.

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

It shows 'us vs. them,' and I'm on the 'us' side.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

If military action is required, our objective this time should be not to annoy Saddam Hussein, not to inconvenience Saddam Hussein, but to remove Saddam Hussein,