The West Wing - Memorable Quotes

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Aangezien in elke aflevering geniale quotes voorbij komen en het zonde zou zijn als je deze niet frequent herleest, bij deze een speciaal topic!

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[captain crash]

Uit Shibboleth (sz2):

C.J.
Mr. President.

BARTLET
Yeah?

C.J.
Hi!

BARTLET
Hi.

C.J.
I’m sorry to ask you this, sir.

BARTLET
Not too late to stop yourself.

C.J.
I need you to pardon a turkey.

BARTLET
I already pardoned a turkey.

C.J.
I need you to pardon another one.

BARTLET
Didn’t I do it right?

C.J.
You did it great, but I need you to come out here and pardon another one.

BARTLET
Aren’t I gonna get a reputation for being soft on turkeys?

C.J.
Sir, could you come out here and just get this over with?

BARTLET
No, I’m not just gonna get this--What the hell is going on?

C.J.
[approaches] They sent me two turkeys. The most photo-friendly of the two gets a
Presidential pardon and a full life at a children’s zoo. The runner-up gets eaten.

BARTLET
If the Oscars were like that, I’d watch.

C.J.
Mr. President...

BARTLET
Just buy the second turkey.

C.J.
They already sold it.

BARTLET
There’s not much I can do.

C.J.
You can pardon the turkey.

BARTLET
The turkey hasn’t committed a crime.

C.J.
Sir...

BARTLET
C.J., I have really no judicial jurisdiction over birds.

C.J.
Yes, I know that, and you know that, but Morton Horn doesn’t know that.

BARTLET
Who’s Morton...?

C.J.
He’s a high school kid from the turkey place.

BARTLET
He’s in high school and he doesn’t know I can’t pardon his turkey?

C.J.
That’s what I’m betting.

BARTLET
C.J., if we don’t and I mean completely overhaul public education in this country...

C.J.
Yes sir, but maybe this is not the best time to...

BARTLET
Where the hell is he?

C.J.
Right out there.

Bartlet immediately heads for the door, with C.J. following behind him.

CUT TO: INT. OUTER OVAL OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
As Bartlet and C.J. come out of the Oval Office, we see Donna and Morton by the door of
the room near Charlie’s desk. Troy, the turkey, is in front of them.

C.J.
Morton, this is President Bartlet.

BARTLET
Hey, Morton.

MORTON
Wow.

BARTLET
Well said. Is that the turkey?

DONNA
Yes.

BARTLET
[to the turkey] You’re pardoned.

C.J.
Sir...

BARTLET
What do you want?

C.J.
[with hand gestures] Well, you know...

BARTLET
[to the turkey again] By the power vested in me by the Constitution of the United States,
I hereby pardon you.

MORTON
[pleased] Okay.

BARTLET
No, it’s not okay.

C.J.
Sir...

BARTLET
Morton, I can’t pardon a turkey. If you think I can pardon a turkey, then you have got
to go back to your school and insist that you be better prepared to go out in the world.

DONNA
You can’t pardon a turkey?

BARTLET
[beat] No. I tell you what I can do. I’m drafting this turkey into military service.
In the meantime, somebody will be drafting a check, which will have my signature on it,
so the folks can buy themselves a Butterball.

MORTON
Okay.

C.J.
Donna, will you have Morton take Troy back to his pen, and remember to support his hindquarters.

BARTLET
[quietly to C.J.] What’s wrong with him?

C.J.
The turkey’s hindquarters.

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1.13 - Take Out The Trash Day

CUT TO: INT. OUTER OVAL OFFICE - DAY
Bartlet comes in and approaches Mrs. Landingham.

BARTLET
Mrs. Landingham.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Yes sir?

BARTLET
You're not going to believe this but I think I'd actually like a banana.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
I'm afraid not sir, no.

BARTLET
Why not?

MRS. LANDINGHAM
You were offered one earlier, sir, and you were snippy.

BARTLET
I wasn't snippy!


MRS. LANDINGHAM
I'm afraid you were, Mr. President. [looking toward the oval office] C.J.'s waiting, sir.

BARTLET
Thank you, Mrs. Landingham.

He crosses into THE OVAL OFFICE and shuts the door.

BARTLET
She withholds food from me.


(*Spoiler* Best jammer dat Mrs. Landingham eruit is geschreven, scenes met Bartlet/Charlie - Landingham waren meestal zeer goed!)

[captain crash]

2.09 - Galileo

CUT TO: INT. THE WHITE HOUSE COLONNADE - DAY
Bartlet and Charlie are walking along.

CHARLIE
Most of the afternoon's blocked off for budget meetings. Three O'clock is HUD, 3:30 is Health
and Human Services, Four, interior and 4:30 Agriculture.

They enter the OUTER OVAL OFFICE.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Good Afternoon Mr. President.

BARTLET
Yeah. What else?

They finally reach THE OVAL OFFICE.

CHARLIE
Five is a reception for the U.A.W., and then you've got phone calls from 5:30 to 6:30.

BARTLET
Okay, but then, let's bring the curtain down. I got a great night planned. I got two books
on Mars and one on Galileo himself. I'm gonna go to the Residence and read.

CHARLIE
Sir...

BARTLET
[calls] Mrs. Landingham! [approaches Mrs. Landingham’s desk]

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Yes, sir?

BARTLET
Nothing after 6:30. I'm gonna go to the Residence and read about Mars, which while colder
and drier, has four Earth-like seasons.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
No sir.

BARTLET
It does!

MRS. LANDINGHAM
I'm sure you're right. But I'm saying no, you won't be reading tonight. You're attending a
concert at the Kennedy Center.

BARTLET
Since when?

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Mr. McGarry's office put it on your schedule.

BARTLET
Get me Leo!

He walks back into THE OVAL OFFICE.

CHARLIE
I was about to tell you. Apparently, it's important that you go.

BARTLET
To a concert?

CHARLIE
Yes sir.

BARTLET
Did Buddy Holly come back?

CHARLIE
It's the Reykjavik Symphony Orchestra.

BARTLET
The Reykjavik Symphony Orchestra?

CHARLIE
Yes sir.

BARTLET
[yelling] Leo!

CHARLIE
It's in Iceland.

BARTLET
I know where Reykjavik is, Charlie. I wish I was there right now.

LEO
[enters from his office] Yes, Mr. President?

BARTLET
The Reykjavik Symphony Orchestra?

LEO
I hear they're pretty good.

BARTLET
Why do I...?

LEO
Because you canceled yesterday's meeting with the Icelandic Ambassador.

BARTLET
I'm being punished.

LEO
No, sir. Iceland is considering defying the ban on whale hunting, imposed by the International
Whaling Commission. They're in danger of joining Norway and Japan. There's a lucrative
international demand for fresh Icelandic mink whale meat.

BARTLET
Is this a joke?

LEO
No sir. Needless to say both the State Department and the Fishery Subdivision of the
Department of Agriculture feel that we shouldn't do anything to offend Iceland right now.

BARTLET
Which we did, by canceling the meeting yesterday.

LEO
Apparently.

BARTLET
So to make up for it, I'm going to see the Reykjavik Symphony.

LEO
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
With, uh, Ambassador...

LEO
Vigdis Olafsdottir.

BARTLET
Okay.

Mrs. Landingham enters with papers for Bartlet and leaves.

LEO
He's very excited to meet you.

BARTLET
I'll give you a thousand dollars if you don't make me go.

LEO
Think of the whales.

BARTLET
Do they vote?

CHARLIE
Mr. President?

BARTLET
Yeah.

[Nebulaguy]

[2.26] Two Cathedrals

> I have MS and I didn't tell anybody.
> Yeah. So, you're having a little bit of a day.
> Are you going to make jokes?
> God doesn't make cars crash and you know it. Stop using me as an excuse.
> The party's not going to want me to run.
> The party will come back. You'll get them back.
> I've got a secret for you Mrs. Landingham, I've never been the most popular guy in the Democratic Party.
> I've got a secret for you, Mr. President: Your father was a prick who couldn't get over the fact that he wasn't as smart as his brothers. Are you in a tough spot? Yes. Do I feel sorry for you? I do not. Why? Because there are people way worse off than you.
> Give me numbers.
> I don't know numbers, You give them to me.
> How about a child born this minute has a one in five chance of being born into poverty.
> How many Americans don't have health insurance?
> Forty-four million.
> What's the number one cause of death for Black men under 35?
> Homicide
> How many Americans are behind bars?
> Three million.
> How many Americans are drug addicts?
> Five million.
> One in five kids in poverty?
> That's thirteen million American children. Three and a half million kids go to schools that are literally falling apart. We need 127 billion in school construction and we need it today.
> To say nothing of 53 people trapped in an embassy. . . . You know if you don't want to run again, I respect that. But if you don't run cause you think it will be too hard or you think you're going to lose, well, God, Jed, I don't even want to know you.

[Peti]

sinds wanneer is 'quote' hetzelfde als 'scene'?

[Vis]

sinds wanneer is 'quote' hetzelfde als 'scene'?

Sinds het een reeks mooie quotes zijn

[captain crash]

sinds wanneer is 'quote' hetzelfde als 'scene'?

Omdat het spammen zou zijn als je voor iedere nieuwe regel een nieuwe post zou aanmaken...

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En spammen is het laatste dat crash op dit moment zou willen doen

[captain crash]

Ik ga computerspelletje spelen voordat mensen serieus gaan overwegen mij te verbannen van het forum

[Vis]

Dat kan alleen Wilson, en aan je postcount te zien laat hij je al veel te lang spammen

( /me spamt even hard )

[captain crash]

Behind them, Bartlet approaches with Charlie.

BARTLET
[yells] What the hell is going on?!

ABBEY
Shh.

BARTLET
I was gone for 45 minutes. They were all Americans when I left.

DONNA
I know exactly how you feel, Mr. President.

[Vis]

3.15 Dead Irish Writers

BARTLET
[still into his puzzle] I love them. "Laissez-faire doctrine." 15 letters.

ABBEY
[walking away] Social Darwinism.

BARTLET
No, that's not the answer. See, 'cause Social Darwinism isn't a doctrine. It's a
force of nature. The answer is "libertarianism." [scribbles down his answer]

(...)

ABBEY
Libertarianism has 14 letters not 15.

BARTLET
I know, so I'm shading in the extra box. [scribbles on the puzzle]



Op 1 minuut 20 na het begin van de aflevering. Volgensmij is dat 'n record

[Vis]

Whaha, en het gaat maar door!

BARTLET
It's your birthday week. It's a week of festivities like Mardi Gras or Lent. Three
letters. "It may be bitter." "Tea," right?

ABBEY
"It may be bitter?"

BARTLET
Yeah.

ABBEY
Why "tea"?

BARTLET
'Cause "woman" doesn't fit.

ABBEY
"End," you idiot. "Bitter end."

[Nebulaguy]

Dat kan alleen Wilson, en aan je postcount te zien laat hij je al veel te lang spammen

( /me spamt even hard )

*kijkt naar zichzelf*

Die laatste quote moet ik nog zien, maar lijkt wel enorm leuk om te zien.

[Vis]

Die scene heb ik nu al 5x gezien en ik lig nogsteeds dubbel
En dan aan het eind nog zo'n zwaai met z'n jasje...

[Vis]

On and on and on..

MARBURY
[approaching] Abigail!

BARTLET
Now, it's a party!

ABBEY
Oh, yes, Your Lordship! [laughs]

MARBURY
Your breasts are magnificent.

BARTLET
All right.

ABBEY
Oh, um, thank you, John.

MARBURY
May I inquire, Mr. President, the first thing that attracted you to Abigail, was it
her magnificent breasts?

ABBEY
It was.

BARTLET
You know, John, there are places in the world where it might be considered rude to
talk about the physical attributes of another man's wife.

MARBURY
My God! Really?

[Vis]

And on

She leaves just as Margaret enters. Sam is on his way inside too.

C.J.
Hey.

SAM
Hey. Jack Enlow?

C.J.
No, it's C.J. Cregg. We've met.

SAM
And laughed and laughed. Is Jack Enlow at the party yet?

C.J.
I'm not at the party yet.

SAM
Fair point.

[Raynor's Revenge]

C.J.
Morton, this is President Bartlet.

BARTLET
Hey, Morton.

MORTON
Wow.

BARTLET
Well said. (...)

briljant

[Dark*staR]

[Naam]:"Yeah."

[Frank]

In This White House

JOSH
[in the doorway] Toby. Come quick! Sam's getting his ass kicked by a girl!

He scurries away and Toby leaps to his feet.

TOBY
Ginger, get the popcorn!

He dashes after Josh.

[Frank]

The Crackpots and These Women

BARTLET
Uh, excuse me! Thank you. Uh, friends, please... Well, chili’s ready and I hope
you all enjoy it. In fact, since I told you you would enjoy it, I’m reasonably
certain that you will.

Laughter.

BARTLET [cont.]
You know, of course, the first lady’s in Pakistan. [starts to walk around the room]
I’m not entirely sure why, but I have learned it’s a pretty good idea not to ask my
wife too many questions as it seldom leads to anything but further confusion. I miss
her very much, but I’m delighted our beautiful daughter, Zoey is here. You know,
she’s starting Georgetown in the spring.

Everyone claps their hand for Zoey.

BARTLET [cont.]
This, prior to medical school and a life of celibacy.

JOSH
Yeah, right!

BARTLET
It’s an incredible adventure you’re starting on, sweetheart. An amazing four years
full of people and experiences you haven’t yet dreamed of. And if you will allow me
just one minute of business, please. I hope that by the time we’re done with our
four years here, we’ll have seen to it that every young person who chooses can go
to college and beyond, regardless of their economic status.

Applause.

BARTLET [cont.]
I understand that today was another one of Leo’s “big block of cheese” days!
You all start out so cynical, but it never fails. By the end of the day, there’s
always one or two converts, right? And today was no exception. C.J. Cregg is gonna
be up all night writing a position paper for the interior department on the
necessity of wildlife protection. [C.J. laughs.] C.J., I don’t mind the cost of
this wolves-only highway. It’s the segregation. The ACLU is gonna file a petition
on behalf of some reindeer and then we’re all screwed.

Everyone laughs.

BARTLET [cont.]
Sam Seaborn had a guy who spotted a UFO today, am I right? Sam laughed him out of
his office, but you’ve been thinking about it ever since. But you can rest assured,
Sam. It was not a spaceship from another planet, just another time. A long since
abandoned Soviet satellite, one of its booster rockets didn’t fire and it couldn’t
escape the earth’s orbit--a sad reminder of a time when two powerful nations
challenged each other and then boldly raced into outer space. [beat]
What will be the next thing that challenges us, Toby? [looks at Toby] That makes
us work harder and go farther? You know, when smallpox was eradicated, it was
considered the single greatest humanitarian achievement of this century. Surely,
we can do it again. As we did in the time when our eyes looked towards the heavens,
and with outstretched fingers, we touched the face of God. [beat] Here’s to absent
friends, and the ones that are here now. [holds up his glass of wine]

STAFF
Cheers!

[Wilson]

"The muppets are coming to the White House" - Abby Bartlet

[uss defiant]

Galileo seizoen 2.


CUT TO: INT. MARS BRIEFING REHEARSAL - DAY
The TelePrompTer shows the name “Galileo” on it and Sam's head pops up. The crewmembers of
the NASA Public Affairs are around the place.

SAM
Who wrote this intro?

SCOTT TATE
I did.

SAM
You're from NASA Public Affairs?

TATE
Yep.

SAM
You mind if I give it a polish?

TATE
Is there a problem?

SAM
No, it's great. You mind if I change it?

TATE
I'd prefer if you didn't.

SAM
Just the same...

TATE
The Public Affairs has cleared the text. If it's gonna be changed, I'd prefer that the
President change it.

SAM
See, that's kind of what he pays me to do, so...

TATE
Look, I don't want to step on your toes. You don't want to step on mine. We're both writers.

SAM
Yes, I suppose, if you broaden the definition to those who can’t spell.

"

[Vis]

2.22 - Two Cathedrals

MRS. LANDINGHAM
[smiling] Look at you. You're a Boy King. You're a foot smarter than the smartest kid in the class. You're blessed with inspiration. You must know this by now. You must have sensed it. Look, if you think we're wrong... if you think Mr. Hopkins should honestly get paid more than Mrs. Chadwick, then I respect that. But if you think we're right and you won't speak up because you can't be bothered, then God, Jed, I don't even want to know you. Come inside. [walks off] I'll call Triple A.

He puts his hands in his pockets and watches her go.

JED
Mrs. Mueller gets half as much to teach music as Mr. Ryan gets to coach crew.

She turns back. Jed smiles and bounces on his heel.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
[smiles, victoriously] You're going to do it.

JED
Well, I didn't say that.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Yes, you did.

JED
When?

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Just then. You stuck your hands in your pocket. You looked away and smiled.

He nervously takes his hands out of his pockets.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
That means you made up your mind.

JED
That doesn't mean anything.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Yes it does.

JED
I stuck my hands in my pockets!

MRS. LANDINGHAM
[smiles] And looked away, and smiled. We're in.

She walks away. Jed smiles at her and closes the hood of the car.

(...)

Bartlet looks over the room. He sees Lawrence Altman, waiting to be called.
Instead, he points to the center of the room.

BARTLET
Yes, Sandy.

C.J. watches in shock.

SANDY
Mr. President, can you tell us right now if you'll be seeking a second term?

BARTLET
I'm sorry, Sandy, there was a bit of noise there, could you repeat the question?

SANDY
Can you tell us right now if you'll be seeking a second term?

Charlie, C.J., Josh and Sam, Donna and Margaret, Toby and Leo all watch.
Leo turns to the monitor.

LEO
Watch this...

They are all waiting, watching, as Bartlet slides his hands off the podium, puts them
in his pockets, looks away and smiles.


Wat 'n aflevering

[Frank]

Pilot

C.J.
Is there anything I can say, other than the President rode his bicycle into a tree?

LEO
He hopes never to do it again.

C.J.
Seriously. They’re laughing pretty hard.

LEO
He rode his bicycle into a tree, C.J.. What do you want me to -- “The President,
while riding a bicycle on his vacation in Jackson Hole, came to a sudden arboreal
stop” -- What do you want from me?

C.J.
A little love, Leo.

[HorckDude]

20 Hours in America


TOBY
He's out there right now. He started.

JOSH
We really need to get this guy to Unionville. He's going to wig.

TOBY
He's out there.

JOSH
Take you mind off it. Think about the lovely Cathy-- farmer's daughter with a master's degree. Wholesome but... maybe not too wholesome. I think she liked you too. [to Cap] How do you know Cathy?

CAP
She's my girlfriend.

JOSH
[beat] That's great. She's really nice. Is that corn out there?

CAP
Nope.

JOSH
What is it?

CAP
Trees.

JOSH
[hopelessly] Okay.

[Frank]

Vooral de laatste zinnen zijn briljant .

The Stackhouse Filibuster

C.J.
And that was it. Grissom gave him a rest and an opportunity to answer some real questions
about autism, and when Grissom was done, McNamara took over, and after McNamara came
Gianelli, grandfathers all. I'm going to have to finish this up now and go into the
press room and explain what happened. There'll be no vote tonight and the Senate will
go home...

JOSH
...for the week. And since Stackhouse, with our help, blew the print deadline anyway,
there's really no reason...

SAM
...for Josh not to go back to the Conference Chairman and reopen the bill.

C.J.
There are so many days here where you can't imagine that anything good will ever happen.
You're...

JOSH
You're buried under a black fog of partisanship and self promotion and...

SAM
...stupidity and a brand of politics that's just plain mean...

C.J.
Yes, Hoynes had us nervous with his admonishment of big oil and yes, the President was
making us nervous too, but that's for tomorrow 'cause tonight I've seen a man with no
legs stay standing Dad, and a guy with no voice keep shouting and if politics brings out
the worst in people then maybe people bring out the best 'cause I'm looking at the TV
right now and damned if 28 US Senators haven't just walked onto the floor to help. I'll
catch the first plane out in the morning and if you wouldn't mind not turning 70 until
tomorrow that'd be great. In the meantime, I love you so much. Your daughter, Claudia.

[HorckDude]

Geweldige Bartlet speech, ook in 20 Hours in America

BARTLET
...restoring abundance amid an economic shortfall, securing peace in a time of global conflict, sustaining hope in this winter of anxiety and fear. More than any time in recent history, America's destiny is not of our own choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedom and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arive. 44 people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kennison State University. Three swimmers from the men's team were killed and two others are in critical condition. When, after having heard the explosion from their practice facility, they ran into the fire to help get people out. Ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. this is a time for American heroes. We will do what is hard We will achieve what is great. This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars. God bless their memory, God bless you and God bless the United States of America. Thank you.

[Raynor's Revenge]

uit “SOMEBODY'S GOING TO EMERGENCY, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO JAIL”

The map is flipped over.

C.J.
Yeah, but you can’t do that.

FALLOW
Why not?

C.J.
‘Cause it’s freaking me out.