Dan Quayle quotes:

• “A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.”
• “I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy, but that could change.”
• “If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.”
• “I love California; I practically grew up in Phoenix.”
• “I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.”
• “It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”
• “One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is “to be prepared.”
• “People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.”
• “The future will be better tomorrow.”
• “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.”
• “The loss of life will be irreplaceable.”
• “We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.”
• “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.”
• “We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.”
• “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.”
• “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.”

• “Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.”

Groucho Marx quotes:

• “A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”
• “Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.”
• “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
• “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”
• “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”
• “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them . . . well, I have others.”
• “When I picked up your book I was so convulsed with laughter that I had to set it down, but one day I intend to read it.”
• “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
• “Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There’s no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”