Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
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

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.
Dan Quayle

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

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
Dan Quayle

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

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

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
Dan Quayle

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

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
Dan Quayle

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
Dan Quayle

The future will be better tomorrow.
Dan Quayle

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
Dan Quayle

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.
Dan Quayle

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.
Dan Quayle

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
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