I don’t have time to be a fool.
I almost pity him. He didn’t choose to be put on my platter. When I carve him up and toss him to the dogs, only then will he confront that brutal, inescapable truth.
History has a way of looking better than it was.
Happiness isn’t my concern. Not now, not ever.
Everyone has problems. Especially the ones who think they don’t.[to Seth]
Everyone becomes a problem, eventually.
Every Tuesday I sit down with the speaker and the majority leader to discuss the week’s agenda. Well, discuss is probably the wrong word. They talk while I sit quietly and imagine their lightly salted faces frying in a skillet.
Do you know the main thing that separates a politician from the rest of the species? A politician is the one who would drown a litter of kittens for ten minutes of prime time.
Courtesy never got me anywhere.
Change your ethics. Or you can resign, and your deputy can make this call. And if he won’t, then he can resign, too. I will strip away this entire department until I find who I need.
All those people want is someone to keep them from what they’re afraid to know.[to Claire]
After a dog’s bitten you, you either put it to sleep, or you put a muzzle on it.