Quote

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

Dan Quayle

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Dan Quayle
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 4
Businessperson
Former Vice President Of The United States
Lawyer
Politician
Vice President Of The United States
Indianapolis
Indiana
James Danforth Quayle
James Danforth Dan Quayle
J. Danforth Quayle
Stupidity
Fool
Came
Politics
America
Real
Always
Rural
Refer

More quotes by Dan Quayle

Image
Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana. We should concentrate on prosecuting the rapists and burglars who are a menace to society.
Dan Quayle
Image
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
Image
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.
Dan Quayle
Image
Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.
Dan Quayle
Image
I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.
Dan Quayle
Image
America is great, because America is free.
Dan Quayle
Image
Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism.
Dan Quayle
Image
Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot.
Dan Quayle
Image
We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
Dan Quayle
Image
I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
Dan Quayle
Image
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty with the creation of robust middle classes in India and China, which is an enormously positive development for those countries that also creates opportunities for the rest of the world.
Dan Quayle
Image
I'd like to get into the National Guard.
Dan Quayle
Image
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
Image
It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.
Dan Quayle
Image
Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask me ... There's not going to be any more handler stories because I'm the handler ... I'm Doctor Spin.
Dan Quayle
Image
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
Dan Quayle
Image
We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to move forward.
Dan Quayle
Image
Does America really need 70 percent of the world's lawyers? Is it healthy for our economy to have 18 million lawsuits coursing through our system annually?
Dan Quayle
Image
I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child.
Dan Quayle
Image
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made
Dan Quayle