(3089/898) Quayle eggs

806) QUAYLE EGGS:

• I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.



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



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



• We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world. (9/21/88)



• What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.



• Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. (5/20/92)



• Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. (11/30/88)



• I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change. (5/22/89)



• 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.



• 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. (9/15/88)



• The future will be better tomorrow.



• I have made good judgments in the Past. I have made good judgments in the Future.



• Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.



• For NASA, space is still a high priority. (9/5/90)



• Mars is essentially in the same orbit [...] Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe. (8/11/89)



• [It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.



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



• I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix.



• 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.



• We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. (9/22/90)



• *May our nation continue to be the beakon [sic] of hope to the world. (Quayle family 1989 Christmas card)



• One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is "to be prepared". (12/6/89)



• I stand by all the misstatements that I've made. (8/17/89)

J. Danforth Quayle
[UL] (* not verified by Snopes)
posted by Steve Cutchen [UAQ] (4/25/95)

[Note: All-in-all, having a malaprop-prone relatively powerless Vice President is a considerably better situation than having a malaprop-prone President, even if the President's control over the Administration is suspect.]

Sources

[UAQ] - Usenet alt.quotations newsgroup
[UL] - Snopes: Urban Legends Reference Pages


Note: "3089/898" is the designation I've given to the project of posting all my collected quotes, excerpts and ideas (3089 of them) in the remaining days of the Bush administration (of which there were 898 left when I began).

As of today, there are 667 days remaining in the administration of the worst American President ever.