> >>> A list of Quayle Quotes from the past (to get us ready for the '96 >>>elections): >>> >>> Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and >>> child. >>> >>> Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is IN >>> the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that >>> is right here. >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle, >>> Hawaii, September 1989 >>> >>> What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind >>> at all. How true that is. >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle winning friends while >>> speaking to the United Negro College Fund >>> >>> 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. >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle, to the American Samoans, >>> whose capital Quayle pronounces "Pogo Pogo" >>> >>> We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of >>> human rights. >>> >>> yEl 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. >>> >>> I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and >>> democracy - but that could change. >>> >>> If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure. >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle, to the Phoenix Republican >>> Forum, March 1990 >>> >>> I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman. >>> >>> getting [cruise missiles] more accurate so that we can have precise >>> precision. >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle referring to his legislative >>> work dealing with cruise missiles >>> >>> Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. >>> >>> I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in >>> the Future. >>> >>> I was known as the chief grave robber of my state. >>> >>> We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world. >>> >>> I stand by all the misstatements that I've made. >>> >>> It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities >>> in our air and water that are doing it. >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican. >>> >>> 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? >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle (LA Times 5/21/89) >>> >>> In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get- The Future! >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle in eastern Illinois >>> (LA Times 10/19/88) >>> >>> I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix >>> >>> My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, >>> never, never surrender to what is right >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle, in a speech >>> to the Christian Coalition >>> >>> We are leaders of the world of the space program. We have been the >>> leaders of the world of our... of the space program and we're not going >>> to continue where we're going to go, not withstanding the Soviet Union's >>> demise and collapse - the former Soviet Union - we now have independent >>> republics which used to be called the Soviet Union. Space is the next >>> frontier to be explored. And we're going to explore. Think of all the >>> things we rely upon in space today: communications from... Japan, >>> detection of potential ballistic missle attacks. Ballistic missiles are >>> still here. Other nations do have ballistic missles. How do you think we >>> were able to detect some of the Scud missles and things like that? >>> Space, reconnaissance, weather, communications - you name it. We use >>> space a lot today. >>> >>> Who's responsible for the riots? The rioters! >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle giving an intelligent, >>> in-depth analysis of the LA riots. (Herb Caen, SF >>> Chronicle) >>> >>> Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having >>> it. >>> >>> Speaking as a man, it's not a woman's issue. Us men are tired of losing >>> our women >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle talking about breast >>> cancer >>> >>> I deserve respect for the things I did not do. >>> >>> I feel that this [1981] is my first year, that next year is an election >>> year, that the third year is the mid point and that the fourth year is >>> the last chance I'll have to make a record since the last two years, >>> I'll be a candidate again. Everything I do in those last two years will >>> be posturing for the election. But right now I don't have to do that. >>> -- Senator Dan Quayle >>> >>> This president is going to lead us out of this recovery. >>> -- Vice President Dan Quayle at a campaign stop in >>> California and and then at CA State University, >>> Fresno (The Quayle Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1992) >>> >>> We are ready for any unforseen event that may or may not occur >>> >>> For NASA, space is still a high priority. >>> >>> [The U.S. victory in Gulf war was a] stirring victory for the forces of >>> aggression. >>> >>> The best thing about rain forests is they never suffer from drought. >>> >>> The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Near East >>> and the Far East from encroaching on each other. >>> >>> Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax >>> increases 'revenue enhancement.' Not so. No one was fooled. >>> >>> People are not homeless if they're sleeping in the streets of their own >>> hometowns. >>> >>> Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other >>> way around. They never vote for us. >>> >>> Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money >>> to cover losses due to mismanagement. >>> >>> Air travel efficiency would improve if more travelers started going to >>> less popular places. > > >And as simply as the words are spoken, >And as simply as I write them down, >The wretched ropes all fall away, >The work goes on, the breathing >Steady, even, >The woman falls back gently in her chair >And gazes at the fire > It is I. > > -Stephanie Mines