Dan Quayle and His Plans for the Future (1993-96)

Doing it the right way is not to speculate about returning in four years or what not. All right, folks. Sine die.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle when asked if he plans to be back in power some day. He was borrowing the Latin expression that Congress uses when it adjourns with no fixed date of return. He said this during an interview on 1/15/93. (Associated Press, 1/21/93)

I'm not interested in running for governor or any other public office. If I ever run for public office again, it will be for president.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle in an interview with The Washington Post on 1/13/93.

You'll have to ask her that.
-- Private Citizen Dan Quayle to reporters when asked if 'a Quayle' might run for governor of Indiana. (reported in Newsweek, 7/5/93, pg 13)

Who's going to beat me?
-- Private Citizen Dan Quayle confidently predicting his chances at the 1996 presidential race (no, he hasn't decided to take up S&M). (reported in Newsweek, 3/7/94, pg 6)