James Danforth Quayle is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Profoundly inspirational Dan Quayle quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
Famous Dan Quayle Quotes
Bobby Knight told me this There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense. In other words a good offense wins. Vice President Dan Quayle
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. Dan Quayle
Why wouldn’t an enhanced deterrent, a more stable peace, a better prospect to denying the ones who enter conflict in the first place to have a reduction of offensive systems and an introduction to defensive capability. I believe that is the route this country will eventually go. Vice President Dan Quayle
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. Dan Quayle
Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child. Vice President Dan Quayle
I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. Dan Quayle
Mars is essentially in the same orbit 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. Vice President Dan Quayle
The mind is a terrible thing! 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. Vice President Dan Quayle
What a terrible thing to have lost one’s mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is. Vice President Dan Quayle
Bobby Knight told me this There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense. In other words a good offense wins. Dan Quayle
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. Vice President Dan Quayle
We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America. 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. Vice President Dan Quayle
In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get The Future! Dan Quayle
We expect them Salvadoran officials to work toward the elimination of human rights. Vice President Dan Quayle
I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican. Dan Quayle
El Salvador is a democracy so it’s not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans. I have heard a single voice. Vice President Dan Quayle
This election is about who’s going to be the next President of the United States! Dan Quayle
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy but that could change. Vice President Dan Quayle
Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana We should concentrate on prosecuting the rapists and burglars who are a menace to society. Dan Quayle
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is to be prepared. Vice President Dan Quayle
The two party system has served America very well. We always have political movements one way or another but the evolution of a lasting third party probably will not happen. Dan Quayle
If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure. Vice President Dan Quayle
Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teaches our children. Dan Quayle
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. Vice President Dan Quayle
Bank failures are caused by depositors who don’t deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement. Dan Quayle
Target prices? How that works? I know quite a bit about farm policy. I come from Indiana, which is a farm state. Deficiency payments which are the key that is what gets money into the farmer’s hands. We got loan, uh, rates, we got target, uh, prices, uh, I have worked very closely with my senior colleague. Richard Lugar, making sure that the farmers of Indiana are taken care of. Vice President Dan Quayle
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. Dan Quayle
I not going to focus on what I have done in the past what I stand for, what I articulate to the American people. The American people will judge me on what I am saying and what I have done in the last 12 years in the Congress. Vice President Dan Quayle
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. Dan Quayle
I want to be Robin to Bush’s Batman. Vice President Dan Quayle
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. Dan Quayle
We should develop anti satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in Red Storm Rising. Vice President Dan Quayle
We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. Dan Quayle
The US has a vital interest in that area of the country. Vice President Dan Quayle
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. Dan Quayle
Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That’s a statement in and of itself. Vice President Dan Quayle
Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when prime time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice. Dan Quayle
Who would have predicted that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a hero in Czechoslovakia. Unbelievable. Vice President 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
Well, it looks as if the top part fell on the bottom part. Vice President Dan Quayle
It’s wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. Dan Quayle
I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that have had a difficult time. Vice President Dan Quayle
We don’t want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward. Dan Quayle
I will never have another Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy Carter grain embargo. Vice President Dan Quayle
Certainly, I know what to do, and when I am Vice President and I will be there will be contingency plans under different sets of situations and I tell you what, I’m not going to go out and hold a news conference about it. I’m going to put it in a safe and keep it there! Does that answer your question? Vice President Dan Quayle
Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It’s the other way around. They never vote for us. Dan Quayle
Lookit, 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. Vice President Dan Quayle
I would guess that there’s adequate low income housing in this country. Vice President Dan Quayle
The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other. Dan Quayle
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. Vice President Dan Quayle
Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still has a job next year. Dan Quayle
The real question for 1988 is whether we’re going to go forward to tomorrow or past to the to the back! Vice President Dan Quayle
Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child. Dan Quayle
We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America. Vice President Dan Quayle
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. Dan Quayle
We’ll let the sunshine in and shine on us, because today we’re happy and tomorrow we’ll be even happier. Vice President Dan Quayle
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? Dan Quayle
We’re going to have the best educated American people in the world. Vice President Dan Quayle
El Salvador is a democracy so it’s not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans I have heard a single voice. Dan Quayle
This election is about who’s going to be the next President of the United States! Vice President Dan Quayle
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. Dan Quayle
Don’t forget about the importance of the family. It begins with the family. We’re not going to redefine the family. Everybody knows the definition of the family. Meaningful pause A child. Meaningful pause A mother. Meaningful pause A father. There are other arrangements of the family, but that is a family and family values. I’ve been very blessed with wonderful parents and a wonderful family, and I am proud of my family. Anybody turns to their family. 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. I suppose three important things certainly come to my mind that we want to say thank you. The first would be our family. Your family, my family which is composed of an immediate family of a wife and three children, a larger family with grandparents and aunts and uncles. We all have our family, whichever that may be. The very beginnings of civilization, the very beginnings of this country, goes back to the family. And time and time again, I’m often reminded, especially in this Presidential campaign, of the importance of a family, and what a family means to this country. And so when you pay thanks I suppose the first thing that would come to mind would be to thank the Lord for the family. Vice President Dan Quayle
The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive. Dan Quayle
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. Vice President Dan Quayle
I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future. Dan Quayle
Okay, I won’t open it until then. Vice President Dan Quayle
It’s a question of whether we’re going to go forward into the future, or past to the back. Dan Quayle
People that are really very wierd can get into sensative positions and have a tremendous impact on history. Vice President Dan Quayle
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. Dan Quayle
I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made. Vice President Dan Quayle
