So are they Quayleisms or Quaylisms? Well, we all know that the "potatoe" man would prefer the version with the E, but either way, they're hysterical. Naturally, the last one is at the end to separate it from the others, because it's actually an example of him being clever.
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"
"It shows 'us vs. them,' and I'm on the 'us' side."
"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."
"It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago."
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy... but that could change."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
"My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right."
"This President [George H.W. Bush] is going to lead us out of this recovery."
"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?'"
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
"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!"
"I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it."
"I was known as the chief grave robber of my state."
"We lead in exporting jobs."
"We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in [Tom Clancy novel] Red Storm Rising."
"Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words, a good offense wins."
"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement."
"I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child."
"I have made good judgements in the past. I have made good judgements in the future."
"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 U.S. victory in Gulf War was a] stirring victory for the forces of aggression."
"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."
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
"We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of human rights."
"I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it."
"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."
"If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime."
"It's a very good historical book about history."
"This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!"
"I deserve respect for the things I didn't do."
"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."
"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us."
"The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other."
"[Bill] Clinton cannot possibly win in 2000."
"Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less."
"Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists."
"Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win."
"We don't want to go back to tomorrow. We want to go forward."
"If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check."
