Some chestnuts from W's 'ism' mentor, and Sarah Palin's arch rival for least prepared to be President VP candidates/VP's:
* "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
* "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
* "Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
* "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."
* "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."
* "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
* "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."
* "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 commitment 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."
* "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."
* "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."
* "For NASA, space is still a high priority."
* "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
* "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
This following group, however, are Quayleisms, that is, comments now widely attributed to the former Vice-President that were coined by humor writers as things he might say.
* "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
* "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
* "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
