I hate to break it to you, but there is no big lie, there is no system, the universe is indifferent.

Don Draper

(speaking to a client) Listen, I'm not here to tell you about Jesus. You already know about Jesus, either he lives in your heart or he doesn't.

Don Draper

(to Don) At some point, we've all parked in the wrong garage.

Roger Sterling

Mourning is just extended self-pity.

Don

Roger, if you had your way, I would be stranded in some paperweight with my legs stuck in the air.

Joan

(to Don on the phone) I want you to pull my hair and ravish me and leave me for dead

Midge

Betty: I liked your girl Peggy. She's fresh.
Don: As the driven snow.

Pete Campbell: I have ideas.
Don Draper: I'm sure you do. Sterling Cooper has more failed artists and intellectuals than the Third Reich.

Roger Sterling: Say nothing. You are here because of Don Draper's largess.
Pete Campbell: Thank you. Thank you so much.
Roger Sterling: Now, I know that your generation went to college instead of serving, so I'll illuminate you. This man is your commanding officer. You live and die in his shadow. Understood?
Pete Campbell: (nods vigorously) I won't let you down, Don.
Roger Sterling: Jesus! Campbell...don't ever say that.

Roger Sterling: I bet there were people in the Bible walking around, complaining about "kids today."
Don Draper: Kids today, they have no one to look up to. Cuz they're looking up to us.

Rachel Menken: It's hard to get caught in a lie.
Don Draper: It wasn't a lie, it was ineptitude with insufficient cover.

What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.

Don Draper

Mad Men Quotes

Don Draper: Let me ask you something, what do woman want?
Roger Sterling: Who cares?

Psychiatry is just this year's candy pink stove.

Roger