"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur." - former U.S. Vice- President Dan Quayle
"It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago" - former U.S. Vice- President Dan Quayle
"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" - former U.S. Vice- President Dan Quayle
"The loss of life will be irreplaceable." - former U.S. Vice- President Dan Quayle on the San Francisco earthquake
"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." - former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on the complex social issues behind the Los Angeles riots
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child." - former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on Republican family values
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." - former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. how true that is." - former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle at a fundraising event for the United Negro College Fund. he was attempting to quote the line "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"
"I love California. I ..practically grew up in Phoenix." - former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
"The holocaust was an obscene period in this 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