Dan Quayle idézet
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Dan Quayle
Születési dátum: 4. február 1947
Dan Quayle, teljes nevén James Danforth Quayle az Amerikai Egyesült Államok 44. alelnöke George H. W. Bush alatt . Képviselőként és szenátorként is szolgált Indiana állam képviseletében.
Indianapolisban született, de gyermekkora nagy részét Arizonában töltötte. 1974-ben szerzett jogi doktorátust az Indiana University School of Lawn, és 1972-ben vette feleségül Marilyn Tuckert. Huntingtonban dolgozott ügyvédként, mielőtt 1976-ban, 29 évesen a képviselőház tagjává választották. 1980-ban lett a szenátus tagja.
1988-ban George H.W. Bush akkori alelnök és republikánus elnökjelölt felkérte alelnök-jelöltjének. A választást Bush nyerte a demokrata Michael Dukakis előtt. Alelnöki periódusa alatt 47 országban tett hivatalos látogatást, és a National Space Council elnökévé nevezték ki. 1992-ben ismét ő lett Bush alelnökjelöltje, de vereséget szenvedtek Bill Clintonnal és Al Goreral szemben.
1996-ban adta közzé emlékiratait. Ebben az időszakban betegsége miatt nem indult választásokon. 2000-ben versenybe szállt a republikánus elnökjelöltségért, de alulmaradt George W. Bushsal szemben.
Idézetek Dan Quayle
„I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring, but I did very well.“
Interview with Cathleen Decker (5 September 2008) "Before Sarah Palin, the GOP had Dan Quayle", Los Angeles Times
„Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.“
Quoted in the Los Angeles Times (30 October 1988), attributed to an earlier Associated Press interview
Attributed
Kontextus: I also try to discipline myself when I get into a situation … and I'm trying to think of an answer, instead of being verbose, which is a tendency that I have, to be concise. Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
„What we have here is clear-cut evidence that illegitimacy—something I've always said we should talk about in terms of not having it—leads to drug abuse.“
Remarks (20 May 1992), quoted in Esquire (August 1992) and Ann Beatts (23 November 1997) "ABSURDUM; Murphy Brown's Got Dan All Fired Up Again," Los Angeles Times
Attributed
„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. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.“
Press comment on Mars exploration http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN89/wn090189.html (11 August 1989), televised on CNN, and referenced in "A Quayle Vision of Mars" in The Washington Post (1 September 1989)
„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 I could converse with those people.“
U.S. Representative Claudine Schneider (RI) telling an admitted joke about Quayle
"Quayle Quotes" http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.htm, Urban Legends Reference Pages
Misattributed
„Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.“
This is a misquotation: video footage shows Quayle saying:
Thank you very much Bob, Mr. President, Mrs. Bush, Dick Truly and fellow astronauts, and ladies and gentlemen.
Video, " Who is Dan Quayle? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW2K0-VItAk"
Misattributed
„The best thing about the Middle East is that is keeps the Far East and Near East from encroaching on each other.“
All three of the above are from "Future Quayle Quotes We Can Expect to Hear" by Al Jaffee, in MAD magazine, (October 1991), pp. 10–11
Cited in [John Kerry or George W. Bush Misquotes, http://www.snopes.com/quotes/candidate.asp, snopes.com, 2008-12-31, 2004-09-22, Barbara Mikkelson]
Misattributed
„In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get the future.“
Speech in Illinois (October 1988), quoted in Cathleen Decker (1988-10-19), "Quayle, in Illinois, Says He's `the Future'" Los Angeles Times
