Quotes By 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.

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.

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

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

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

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

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

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

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.

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.

In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get - The Future!

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

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 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.

We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.

What you guys want, I'm for.

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

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

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.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.

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 was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

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.

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

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

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.