Dan Quayle (b. 1947)

Quotes

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

• For NASA, space is still a high priority.

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

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

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

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

• If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.

• Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

• People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

• Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. [There is no need to worry about a protracted war because] from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.

• [The U.S. victory in Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

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

• It was just a job. It wasn't any special interest in consumer affairs. I needed a paycheck and the Attorney General said that I would be best to go down there, because he knew I was anti-consumer.

• My fellow astronauts...

• One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

• If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.

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