Notable Quotes

"Sir, I need you to dig in now. It wasn't a nightmare. You really are the President." [1.15]

"Hey, look. It says here that 100 years ago, a black guy couldn't show up to a club opening with a white girl, for fear he'd be killed." [1.17]

"Off the top of my head I wouldn't be able to give you a comprehensive list. Just suffice it to say that anything I've done to upset you, even if it only exists in your confused little mind, I really apologize for." [1.17]

"He used the material I told him about... You were right... It doesn't go away." [1.22].

"Yeah, because I'm told theirs is a Party of inclusion." [2.4]

"Education's a serious thing. Crime, jobs, national security. In 18 months, I've been to Oregon four times, and not a single person I've met there's been stupid." [2.9]

"And why doesn't he just ask the First Lady about the $500 check himself, in the normal course of, you know, being married to her?" [2.13]

"Ma'am, I'd like you to bear in mind that I'm not wearing pads or a helmet or contact gear of any kind." [2.13]

"It was a good mystery. I just think you solved it fast because I loosened the ketchup bottle for you." [2.14]

"He's the President of the United States, so my guess is no, it's probably not a typical marriage." [3.2]

"Mr. President... I know how much you like to think of yourself as a man of the people, Roman references and all, but you're the only person who can launch our nuclear weapons. You travel in a fully secured perimeter. You rescue submarines. Maybe it's time for it to be okay that an aide delivers a piece of paper." [3.6]

"Well, God knows CJ's a lot more mature than I am." [3.14]

"Look, you're not just gonna ask people who look like me, right? 'Cause a big brother's a big brother." [4.1]

"You're spooking the hell out of the President." [4.2]

"This is Ms. Cregg. She's the White House Press Secretary and senior counselor to the President, and even if she wasn't, she would still be Ms. Cregg. I don't mind you disrespecting people, I mind your doing it out loud. I mind your doing it in this building." [4.2]

"Because while we respect your right to overthrow the government, we don't respect your right to do it violently, nor from inside the Oval Office." [4.3]

"I was, you know.... I was showing off for Zoey." [4.12]

"I've got American Express.  I've got Visa.  I could've posted bond and gotten miles, dammit." [4.17]

"It's a Dear John email from my ex-girlfriend.  This is going to be a high self-image day for me." [4.18]

"Zoey's been in a solo-whispery-female-acoustic kind of rut right now.  I'm trying to get her to listen to something with drums." [5.7]