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Tue, 19 Nov 1996 01:04:45 +0000
Hiya Loonies...
More gems from Dan Quayle, sent to us by Ingrid...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
Dan Quayle does what he does best:
"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have
was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with
those people."
-- J. Danforth Quayle
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
-- J. Danforth Quayle
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and
child."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and
that one word is 'to be prepared'."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 12/6/89
[concise]
"May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the world."
-- The Quayles' 1989 Christmas card.
[Not a beacon of literacy, though.]
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 11/30/88
[....uh, yeah]
"We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in
the Future."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"The future will be better tomorrow."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/21/88
[beakons of literacy?]
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and
have a tremendous impact on history."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
[case in point]
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89
[someone's got to]
"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."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
[won't the EU be delighted]
"Public speaking is very easy."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle to reporters in 10/88
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the
polls."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and
the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to
blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the
killings? The killers are to blame."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having
it."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/20/92 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/22/90
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/5/90
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our
children."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/18/90
"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan
Quayle may or may not make."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
[huh?!]
"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on
the mistakes we may or may not have made."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities
in our air and water that are doing it."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle
[good lord, is it that time already?]