"WE ARE READY FOR AN UNFORESEEN EVENT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR."
- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
“SMOKING KILLS, AND IF YOU'RE KILLED, YOU'VE LOST A
VERY IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR LIFE."
- Anti-smoking spokesperson
Brooke Shields
"THE PRESIDENT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE PROMISES HE INTENDED TO KEEP."
- Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on Larry King Live
"THE POLICE ARE NOT HERE TO CREATE DISORDER, THEY'RE HERE TO
PRESERVE DISORDER"
- Former Chicago mayor Daley during the
infamous 1968 convention
"TRADITIONALLY, MOST OF AUSTRALIA'S IMPORTS COME FROM OVERSEAS"
- Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery
"IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF CHICAGO"
- Former U.S.. Vice-President Dan Quayle
"THE STREETS ARE SAFE IN PHILADELPHIA, IT'S ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT
MAKE THEM UNSAFE"
- Former Philadelphia Mayor and Police Chief
Frank Rizzo
"THE INTERNET IS A GREAT WAY TO GET ON THE NET"
-
Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole
"HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT STATUE"
- Boston mayor Thomas
Menino on former mayor John Collins
"IT'S LIKE AN ALCATRAZ AROUND MY NECK"
- Boston mayor
Menino on the shortage of city parking spaces
"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
"I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME REPORTERS PAWING THROUGH OUR PAPERS. WE
ARE THE PRESIDENT."
- Hillary Clinton commenting on the release
of subpoenaed documents
"WHEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE THROWN OUT OF WORK, UNEMPLOYMENT
RESULTS."
- Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
CHINA IS A BIG COUNTRY, INHABITED BY MANY CHINESE"
- Former
French President Charles De Gaulle
"THE LOSS OF LIFE WILL BE IRREPLACEABLE."
- Former U.S.
Vice-President Dan Quayle on the San Francisco earthquake
"THAT LOWDOWN SCOUNDREL DESERVES TO BE KICKED TO DEATH BY A
JACKASS, AND I'M JUST THE ONE TO DO IT."
- A congressional
candidate in Texas
"IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO ESTABLISH A WINNER IMAGE. THEREFORE, I
HAVE TO BEAT SOMEBODY."
- Richard M. Nixon
"THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING ENOUGH ABOUT CLEANING UP THE
ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A GOOD PLANET."
- Mr. New Jersey
contestant when asked what he would do with a million dollars.
"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
"THINGS ARE MORE LIKE THEY ARE NOW THAN THEY EVER WERE BEFORE."
- Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
"A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE, SOONER OR LATER IT ADDS UP TO
REAL MONEY."
- Senator Everett Dirksen
"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
"WITHOUT CENSORSHIP, THINGS CAN GET TERRIBLY CONFUSED IN THE PUBLIC
MIND."
- General William Westmoreland
"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 fund-raising event for the United Negro College Fund. He was attempting to quote the line "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"
"IF YOU LET THAT SORT OF THING GO ON, YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER WILL BE
CUT RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER YOUR FEET."
- Former British foreign
minister Ernest Bevi
"I LOVE CALIFORNIA. I PRACTICALLY GREW UP IN PHOENIX."
-
Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle