Mad Men
Sundays 10:00 PM on AMCFavorite Don Draper Quotes
Peggy Olson: Sex sells.
Don Draper: Says who? Just so you know, the people who talk that way think that monkeys can do this. They take all this monkey crap and stick it in a briefcase, completely unaware that their success depends on something more than shoeshine.
Everytime I turn around, you've got a hand in my pocket... there's not one thing that you've done here that I couldn't live without.
Don Draper: (to Pete) The day you sign a client is the day you start losing one.
[a few minutes later]
Roger Sterling: The day you sign a client is the day you start losing him.
Don Draper: You don't really believe that.
Don: I'm not gonna beg you.
Peggy: Beg me? You didn't even ask me.
Henry: Don, it's temporary.
Don: Believe me Henry, everybody thinks this is temporary.
This is your brother. We don't know who he is yet, or what he's gonna be. And that is a wonderful thing.
Pete: Ya know, if I had told you last December that we'd be in the running for a car, you would've kissed me on the mouth.
Don: Maybe you and I should go as a couple.
Sylvia: I pray for you.
Don: For me to come back?
Sylvia: No, for you to find peace.
Don: Do you want women who want bikinis to buy your two piece? Or do you just wanna make sure women who want a two piece don't suddenly buy a bikini?
Jim: My Lord. That question just tied a knot in my brain.
Pete: We're the scrappy upstart.
Don: You don't say that to the clients do you?
Don: I want my job back.
Freddie: How the hell do you think that's gonna happen when you're at the bottom of a bottle? You know you never have to have another drink again.
Don: I don't wanna hear that right now.
Freddie: You're hung over. It's the best time to hear it. Are you just gonna kill yourself? Give them what they want? Or go in your bedroom, get in uniform, fix your bayonet and hit the parade. Do the work, Don.
Don: You have a foul mouth. Take responsibility for your failure. That account was handed to you and you made nothing of it because you have no character.
Mathis: You don't have any character. You're just handsome. Stop kidding yourself!
Don: Everybody has problems. Some people can handle them and some people can't. Look at yourself because the next thing you're going to have to move past is losing this job. You're fired.
