Quotes by Dan Quayle

About Dan Quayle:

James Danforth is an American politician. He was the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving during the term of President George H. W. Bush (1989–93). He was also a U.S. Representative (1977–81) and U.S. Senator (1981–89) from the state of Indiana.
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We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

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

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I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.

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Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

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We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

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Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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I've never professed to be anything but an average student.

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Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.

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People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.

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It shows 'us vs. them', and I'm on the 'us' side.

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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

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This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!

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

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It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

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Author Bio

  • NameDan Quayle
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, lawyer
  • AliasesJames Danforth Quayle
  • BornFebruary 4, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Autobiographer