James Danforth "Dan" Quayle is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He was also a U.S. Representative from 1977 to 1981 and U.S. Senator from 1981 to 1989, for the state of Indiana.
A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Quayle spent most of his childhood living in Paradise Valley, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. He married Marilyn Tucker in 1972 and obtained his J.D. degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1974. He practiced law in Huntington, Indiana, with his wife before his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1976, aged 29. In 1980 Quayle won election to the Senate.
In 1988, Vice President George H. W. Bush was the Republican Party nominee for the presidency, and he chose Quayle as his running mate. The Bush/Quayle ticket won the 1988 election over the Democratic ticket of Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen.
As Vice President, Quayle made official visits to 47 countries and was appointed chairman of the National Space Council. He secured re-nomination for Vice President in 1992, but Democrat Bill Clinton and his vice presidential running mate, Al Gore, defeated the Bush/Quayle ticket.
In 1994, Quayle published his memoir entitled Standing Firm but declined to run for public office in this time period because he was suffering from phlebitis. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, but withdrew and supported George W. Bush. In 2016, he endorsed Jeb Bush and later Donald Trump for President. Quayle and his wife reside in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
Quayle is currently the chairman of global investments at Cerberus Capital Management.
“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
cited to the Wall Street Journal (26 May 1989)
Speech to the City Club of Chicago (8 September 1988)
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
Commonwealth Club speech
“We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to move forward.”
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_xcaBdBHf4
“This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.”
Speech to the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis (9 June 1992)
Attributed in the Quayle Quarterly, a short-lived publication about Quayle's gaffes
Attributed
“I made a misstatement and I stand by all my misstatements.”
Video, " Who is Dan Quayle? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW2K0-VItAk"
“I was known as the chief graverobber of my state.”
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_xcaBdBHf4
