[As Vice President, 9/5/90] For NASA, space is still a high
priority.
[During a visit to Hawaii in 1989] 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.
[As Vice President] I am not part of the problem. I am a
Republican.
[As Vice President, 5/22/89] I believe we are on an irreversible
trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
[As Vice President] I have made good judgements in the Past. I
have made good judgements in the Future.
[As Vice President] I love California, I practically grew up in
Phoenix.
[As Vice President to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89] I stand by all the
misstatements that I've made.
[As Vice President] I support efforts to limit the terms of members
of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the
Senate.
[As Vice President] 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.
[As Vice President, 5/20/92 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)]
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not
having it.
[As Vice President] It is wonderful to be here in the great state
of Chicago.
[As Vice President] It isn't pollution that's harming the
environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are
doing it.
[As Vice President 8/11/89] 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.
[From The Quayles' 1989 Christmas card.] May our nation continue to
be the beakon of hope to the world.
[As Vice President, 8/18/92] Murphy Brown is doing better than I
am. At least she knows she still has a job next year.
[As Vice President, 12/6/89] One word sums up probably the
responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is "to be
prepared."
[As Vice President] People that are really very weird can get into
sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
[As Vice President to reporters in 10/88] Public speaking is very
easy.
[As Vice President, 9/18/90] Quite frankly, teachers are the only
profession that teach our children.
[As Vice President on Republican family values] Republicans
understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
[As Vice President] The American people would not want to know of
any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
[As Vice President] The future will be better tomorrow.
[As Indiana Senator and vice-presidential candidate during a news
conference in which he was asked his opinion about the Holocaust]
The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history... this
century's history... We all lived in this century. I didn't live
in this century.
[As Vice Presidential candidate, 9/15/88] 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.
[As Vice-President on the San Francisco earthquake] The loss of
life will be irreplaceable.
[As Vice President, 11/30/88] Verbosity leads to unclear,
inarticulate things.
[As Vice President, 9/22/90] We are ready for any unforeseen event
that may or may not occur.
[As Vice President] We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want
to go forward.
[As Vice President] 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.
[As Vice President] We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not
care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
[As Vice President, 9/21/88] We're going to have the best-educated
American people in the world.
Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow
astronauts.
[As Vice President addressing the United Negro College Fund. He
was attempting to quote the line "A mind is a terrible thing to
waste."] What a waste it is to lose one's mind--or not to have a
mind. How true that is.
[As Vice President] What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not
to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
[As Vice President on the complex social issues behind the Los
Angeles Riots] 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.