If you could say, show some act of kindness, God would follow it up by dropping a piano on his head anyway?

Garrett: I could be wrong.
Frank: Have you ever said that and actually meant it?
Garrett: No.

Frank: That went well.
Mayor Poole: What went well?
Frank: The difficult transition from talking about me to talking about me in front of me.

You're going to have a tough time making a living assuming the best in people.

Well, Nicki. I think this family has put in more than enough service to earn one bleeding heart do-gooder.

It was the single most disturbing crime scene I've ever witnessed and no amount of counseling or medication or prayer is ever going to change that.

Ann: My issue is with the leadership.
Frank: So you can isolate my from the herd. Easier to take me down.

Senator McCreary: Jess Weinstein, my Deputy Chief of Staff. She masterminded my last campaign. She's sharp as a tac.
Frank: Until she becomes as dumb as a box of rocks with one of my officers.

It's time when there's an issue that needs airing, it's never time for me to flap my gums and act all commissionery.

If you start breaking the law to enforce it you cross the street to their side.

Frank: What are you trying to do, join the family business?
Linda: Well, as another Reagan once said, Honey I forgot to duck.

Doing the right thing is rarely easy.