Danforth Quayle

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.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because 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!

Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.

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.

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

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.

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.

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 President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

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

People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

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.

It's a very good historical book about history.

I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

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.

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?

We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we're going to continue to help.

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

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.

I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.

I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.