For All Mankind Quotes (Season 2)

What can I do for you?[John Perkins]I’m Margo Madison. I need to see Sergei Nikulov.[Margo Madison]No one goes in, no one goes out. Those are my orders.[John Perkins]I’m the director, Johnson Space Center.[Margo Madison]I’m sure you are, honey, but you’re not getting in.[John Perkins]What’s your name?[Margo Madison]Sergeant John Perkins.[John Perkins]Okay, Sergeant John Perkins, I know you have a job to do, but so do I. I’m gonna give you 15 seconds to get in touch with your superior officer, 12 seconds to explain the situation to him, 45 seconds for him to reach General Nelson Bradford and confirm I am who I say I am. Another 15 seconds for your boss to get back to you and ten for you to open this door. That puts you 97 seconds away from either a cold beer at the end of your shift or an open-ended transfer to Thule, Greenland. Your time starts now. Honey.[Margo Madison]

You wanna be in the navy, this is part of the gig. Sometimes you get deployed without any warning, and the one thing you can never do is promise the people you leave behind that you’re going to be okay. Because they will hang on to that promise like it’s a lifeline.[Kelly]

You try to hold everything together. Try to be strong for your family. You know, tell them that you’re safe and that you’re gonna be okay. But the truth is, boys, it’s not always gonna be okay. Sometimes, s*** happens that you can’t control.[to Danny and Jimmy]

We’re the ones that brought them up in this f***ed-up world. The least we can do is let them go live in it. We owe them that much.[to Karen]

We all play different roles with different people. I’m a different Thomas Paine with Reagan than I was with Nixon or Tip O’Neill or Margo Madison. And there’s yet another me with my wife when I go home at night. The trick is not to lose track of who you really are.[to Ellen]

Sometimes you just gotta stop wringing your hands and fly, or nothing gets done.

Sometimes the best of plans falls apart on you. Best equipment fails. Even the best people. Sometimes it all just falls apart on you.

Sometimes it’s just more important to be with the people you love than doing what you love.[to Molly]

People have hated politicians as long as there have been politicians. But the truth is, we’re the ones that make this all possible.[to Ellen]

Nothing lasts on Earth. It’s always changing.

Just remember why you took this job to begin with. The way to Mars isn’t through Houston…[Larry Wilson]It’s through Washington.[Ellen Waverly]

Guilt’s a close cousin.