Dan Quayle Quotes

• Clinton cannot possibly win in 2000.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny   Winning   Politics  

  3612

• On the security front, the United States must continue to play a leadership role. There simply is not another country in the world that commands the respect or has the capabilities that we do, and we must not shrink from our responsibilities.

  Dan Quayle

  Country   Responsibility   Play  

  Source: www.leadersmag.com

  272

• A good debater can be a good communicator. You have to communicate when you're president of the United States, and communicate effectively with the American people, and with the world.

  Dan Quayle

  People   President   United States  

  Source: www.pbs.org

  1215

• 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

  Past   Stupidity   Challenges  

  Speech to California delegates to the Republican National Convention, August 17, 1988.

  3520

• This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny   Men   Stupidity  

  3891

• 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

  Life   Leadership   Motivation  

  3942

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

  Dan Quayle

  Funny   Loss   Bankers  

  5182

• 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.

  Dan Quayle

  Doctors   Stories   Done  

  698

• We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny   Education   Witty  

  FM Observer Interview, fmobserver.com. August 12, 2013.

  3770

• 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.

  Dan Quayle

  Country   Japan   Two  

  2325

• And this is the best chance to begin to establish the New World Order.

  Dan Quayle

  Order   Historical   World  

  4477

• I stand by all the misstatements that I've made

  Dan Quayle

  Funny   Witty   Political  

  1224

• While it is important to be aware of and sensitive to cultural differences when conducting business internationally, the principles of transparency, trust, and partnership are universal.

  Dan Quayle

  Differences   Important   Principles  

  Source: www.leadersmag.com

  4300

• Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot.

  Dan Quayle

  Thinking   Issues   People  

  4289

• Who would have predicted... that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a hero in Czechoslovakia. Unbelievable.

  Dan Quayle

  Hero   Tanks   Politics  

  5171

• Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.

  Dan Quayle

  Philosophy   College   Should Have  

  798

• Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism.

  Dan Quayle

  Refined   Stalinism  

  2341

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

  Dan Quayle

  Change   Country   President  

  4122

• [The US is] naked, absolutely nude, to attack [by the Soviets].

  Dan Quayle

  Naked  

  3947

• In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.

  Dan Quayle

  Golf   Differences   Vices  

  1900

• It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

  Dan Quayle

  Silly   Past   Dumb  

  4423

• I don't have to experience tragedy to understand it.

  Dan Quayle

  Tragedy   Politics  

  3467

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

  Dan Quayle

  Marijuana   Smoking   Should  

  1242

• For NASA, space is still a high priority.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny   Witty   Science  

  Esquire, Remarks to NASA employees, August 1992.

  4457

• I didn't pay a lot of attention as I should have in college.

  Dan Quayle

  College   Should Have   Attention  

  1908

• 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.

  Dan Quayle

  Country   Believe   Politics  

  4232

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

  Dan Quayle

  Mother   Children   Politics  

  «Being VP is just like being a lesser Kardashian» by Dean Obeidallah, www.cnn.com. August 3, 2012.

  1043

• I have a very strong record on the Environment in the United States Senate.

  Dan Quayle

  Strong   United States   Records  

  2812

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

  Dan Quayle

  Funny   Stupid   Race  

  2516

• I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.

  Dan Quayle

  Political   Nerd   Tragedy  

  651

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