These are some completely stupid quotes that Dan Quayle stated while in office.

"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 that I could converse with those people."

"If we don't secceed, we run the risk of failure."

"Republicans understand the importance of ---- between a mother and a child."

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

"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." (one wonders just what it would have been like to have been in the audience and actually hear a quote of that magnitude, and then, of course, begin to shudder at the "one heartbeat away" situation....)

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy....but that could change." (the new yogi berra!)

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

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."

"We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward."

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."

"The future will be better tomorrow."

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."

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

"I stand by all the misstatements that I"ve made."

"We have a firm comitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."

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

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

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

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

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."