Select Quayle Topics: Natural Disasters
- Well, it looks as if the top part fell on the bottom part.
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle referring to the collapsed
section of the 880 freeway after the San Francisco earthquake of
1989. [This may be a joke; the source is unclear.]
- I would like to express my sympathy to all those impacted by
this disaster.
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle standing in front of the
collapsed section of highway caused by the Loma Prieta quake.
(CNN)
- I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the
earthquake.
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle, stepping out of the
helicopter upon arrival at Alameda Naval Air Station.
- It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're
performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle speaking to oil spill
clean-up workers at Prince William Sound, May, 1989
- The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly
to him when I arrive.
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle speaking to oil spill
clean-up workers at Prince William Sound, May, 1989
- They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help.
And we are helping, and we're going to continue to help.
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle discussing federal help in
the Chicago floods. (Chicago Tribune, 4/24/92 -- taken from The
Quayle Quarterly, Summer/Fall 1992)
- The destruction, it is just very heart-rendering.
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle attempting to say the SF
earthquake wreckage was heart-rending (Newsweek 10/30/89)
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