Poet Laureate Roland...somebody is coming in from Connecticut this afternoon, he'll be reading a poem at the inauguration tomorrow. You can thank JFK for this enduring legacy which forces us to stand in the cold for an extra twenty minutes.

Russell

• Permalink: Poet Laureate Roland...somebody is coming in from Connecticut this afternoon, he'll be...
• Added: January 08, 2017

Elizabeth: Make it clear that we are respectfully declining the gift horse.
Blake: May I ask why?
Elizabeth: So many reasons, not the least of which -- we don't have anywhere in the State Department to put her!

• Permalink: So many reasons, not the least of which -- we don't have anywhere in the State Department to...
• Added: January 08, 2017

Russell: Okay, y-you guys are really gonna make me be the one to say it? The oppo research.
Dalton: [sighs] What happened to being a knight?
Russell: The painkillers have worn off!

• Permalink: The painkillers have worn off!
• Added: January 08, 2017

When I did that NFL thing in Ohio, I also took some legislators out to dinner. Applebee's. That's where they wanted to go. I unduly influenced them with potato skins and hot wings.

Elizabeth

• Permalink: When I did that NFL thing in Ohio, I also took some legislators out to dinner. Applebee's....
• Added: January 08, 2017

Henry: Oh, hey, here's something weird. I got a call from the CIA. They want me to come in for an Ex Post Facto Re-Debrief regarding Black Dog Station.
Elizabeth: Well, I was in the CIA for 20 years, and I've never heard of an Ex Post Facto Re-Debrief.
Henry: When they shut the operation down, they called it a "hotwash," now they want to get me debriefed. Why does all their terminology sound like that happens in a nursing home?

• Permalink: When they shut the operation down, they called it a "hotwash," now they want to get me...
• Added: January 08, 2017