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Quotes from 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
It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.
~ Dan Quayle
Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its the way you say it, or how you look.
~ 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
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
~ Dan Quayle
The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
~ 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
Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
~ Dan Quayle
It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
~ Dan Quayle
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
~ Dan Quayle
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.
~ 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
You have a part-time job and that's better to no job at all
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ Dan Quayle
They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we're going to continue to help.
~ Dan Quayle
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?
~ Dan Quayle
Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.
~ Dan Quayle
I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that have had a difficult time.
~ Dan Quayle
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
~ Dan Quayle
Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
~ Dan Quayle
The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.
~ Dan Quayle
Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
~ Dan Quayle
I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
~ Dan Quayle