James Danforth “Dan” Quayle (b.1947) is an American politician. A Republican from Indiana, he served as a member of the House of Representatives 1977–81 and of the Senate 1981–89, before serving as vice president 1989–93.
Quayle was a controversial figure from the time he was announced as George H. W. Bush’s running mate during the 1988 presidential elections. With the selection of Quayle, Bush anticipated solidifying his political base with the influential and conservative wing of the Republican Party. However, a majority of the American public disapproved of Quayle’s divisive campaign approach. In fact, according to one biographer, Bush wrote in his diary just after picking Quayle as his running-mate, “It was my decision, and I blew it, but I’m not about to say that I blew it.”
In the 1992 presidential elections, the incumbent Bush-Quayle ticket lost to Bill Clinton and Al Gore, and Quayle effectively disappeared from the limelight. He published a best-selling memoir Standing Firm (1994.)
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Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
—Dan Quayle
Topics: Words
What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
—Dan Quayle
Topics: The Mind
If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.
—Dan Quayle
Topics: Failure, Success, Success & Failure
In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It’s a big difference.
—Dan Quayle
Topics: Golf
People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
—Dan Quayle
Topics: Politics, Politicians
You do the policy, I’ll do the politics.
—Dan Quayle
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