True Quotes

"SMOKING KILLS, AND IF YOU'RE KILLED, YOU'VE
       LOST A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR LIFE."
          Anti-smoking spokesperson Brooke Shields

       "WE ARE READY FOR AN UNFORESEEN EVENT
       THAT MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR."
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

       "THE PRESIDENT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE
       PROMISES HE INTENDED TO KEEP."
          Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on
       Larry King Live

       "THE POLICE ARE NOT HERE TO CREATE
       DISORDER, THEY'RE HERE TO PRESERVE
       DISORDER"
          Former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous
       1968 convention

       "IF YOU'VE SEEN ONE REDWOOD TREE, YOU'VE
       SEEN THEM ALL"
          Forestry expert Ronald Reagan

       "TRADITIONALLY, MOST OF AUSTRALIA'S
       IMPORTS COME FROM OVERSEAS"
          Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel
       Enderbery

       "IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE IN THE GREAT
       STATE OF CHICAGO"
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

       "THE STREETS ARE SAFE IN PHILADELPHIA, IT'S
       ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THEM UNSAFE"
          Former Philadelphia Mayor and Police Chief
       Frank Rizzo

       "THE INTERNET IS A GREAT WAY TO GET ON THE
       NET"
          Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole

       "IT IS BAD LUCK TO BE SUPERSTITIOUS"
          Andrew Mathis

       "HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT STATUE"
          Boston mayor Thomas Menino on former mayor
       John Collins

       "IT'S LIKE AN ALCATRAZ AROUND MY NECK"
          Boston mayor Menino on the shortage of city
       parking spaces

       "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"
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

       "THEY'RE MULTIPURPOSE. NOT ONLY DO THEY
       PUT THE CLIPS ON, BUT THEY TAKE THEM OFF."
          Pratt & Whitney spokesperson explaining why the
       company charged the Air Force nearly $1000 for an
       ordinary pair of pliers.

       "WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS TEAM AROUND 360
       DEGREES."
          Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas
       Mavericks

       "I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME REPORTERS
       PAWING THROUGH OUR PAPERS. WE ARE THE
       PRESIDENT."
          Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of
       subpoenaed documents

       "WHEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE THROWN
       OUT OF WORK, UNEMPLOYMENT RESULTS."
          Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge

       "CHINA IS A BIG COUNTRY, INHABITED BY MANY
       CHINESE"
          Former French President Charles De Gaulle

       "THE LOSS OF LIFE WILL BE IRREPLACEABLE."
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on the
       San Francisco earthquake

       "THAT LOWDOWN SCOUNDREL DESERVES TO
       BE KICKED TO DEATH BY A JACKASS, AND I'M
       JUST THE ONE TO DO IT."
          A congressional candidate in Texas

       "IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO ESTABLISH A
       WINNER IMAGE. THEREFORE, I HAVE TO BEAT
       SOMEBODY."
          Richard M. Nixon

       "THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING ENOUGH
       ABOUT CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS
       IS A GOOD PLANET."
          Mr. New Jersey contestant when asked what he
       would do with a million dollars.

       "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."
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on the
       complex social issues behind the Los Angeles Riots

       "THINGS ARE MORE LIKE THEY ARE NOW THAN
       THEY EVER WERE BEFORE."
          Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

       "A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE, SOONER OR
       LATER IT ADDS UP TO REAL MONEY."
          Everett Dirksen

       "A VERBAL CONTRACT ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER
       IT'S WRITTEN ON."
          Samuel Goldwyn

       "REPUBLICANS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
       OF BONDAGE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD.
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on
       Republican family values

       "I DON'T FEEL WE DID WRONG IN TAKING THIS
       GREAT COUNTRY AWAY FROM THEM. THERE
       WERE GREAT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO
       NEEDED NEW LAND, AND THE INDIANS WERE
       SELFISHLY TRYING TO KEEP IT FOR
       THEMSELVES."
          John Wayne (former Republican Fund Raiser and
       occasional actor)

       "HALF THIS GAME IS NINETY PERCENT MENTAL."
          Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark

       "IT ISN'T POLLUTION THAT'S HARMING THE
       ENVIRONMENT. IT'S THE IMPURITIES IN OUR AIR
       AND WATER THAT ARE DOING IT."
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

       "WITHOUT CENSORSHIP, THINGS CAN GET
       TERRIBLY CONFUSED IN THE PUBLIC MIND."
          General William Westmoreland

       "WHAT A WASTE IT IS TO LOSE ONE'S MIND. OR
       NOT TO HAVE A MIND IS BEING VERY WASTEFUL.
       HOW TRUE THAT IS."
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle at a
       fundraising event for the United Negro College Fund.
       He was attempting to quote the line "a mind is a terrible
       thing to waste"

       "IF YOU LET THAT SORT OF THING GO ON, YOUR
       BREAD AND BUTTER WILL BE CUT RIGHT OUT
       FROM UNDER YOUR FEET."
          Former British foreign minister Ernest Bevin

       "I LOVE CALIFORNIA. I PRACTICALLY GREW UP IN
       PHOENIX."
          Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle