Travel Regret Quotes
Misattributed. According to Snopes.com, the quote originated in 1989 with Representative Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island. She recounted that the she and Quayle had attended an event at the Belgian embassy, where then-Vice President Quayle complimented Representative Schneider on her command of French. Schneider then attributed to Quayle the belief that Latin was the lingua franca of Latin America, before concluding that the whole story was a joke. However, many publications, including Newsday, The Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, and Time, reported Schneider's joke as fact, further cementing in the public consciousness the perception of the vice president as an intellectual lightweight.
