Madam Secretary
Sundays 10:00 PM on CBSMadam Secretary Season 4 Quotes
You're a wonk and a spook. You're not supposed to connect at the podium but...you do. 'Cause you're real.
Russell [to Dalton]
I saw your kickoff speech at the Steel Industries. You said a lot of things they didn't want to hear and they loved you anyway. That's pretty much the whole gig.
Russell [to Dalton]
Dalton: I don't think we've met before.
Russell: I generally avoid daylight.
If I can't trust myself, I can't lead, Bess.
Dalton
When my brother was in his senior year of high school, he started to hear a voice. He didn't tell anybody at the time. It was only later he told me he thought he was talking to God. And then when the voice told him to hurt himself...he knew it was the Devil.
Dalton
Elizabeth: Well, for an acting president, she's suddenly reluctant to act.
Russell: Yeah, it happens when they're new to office. The reality sinks in.
Where do I fall on this list of family failures? See, I had to work, Allison. That's where you get up and you do something you don't want to do and they pay you for it.
Maureen
Look, I know that it seems sophisticated to cut everything down, but the *actual* sign of a fine mind is the ability to engage in a broad spectrum of culture without judging it.
Henry [to Allison]
Maureen: Oh, wasn't that beautiful? I felt like I just spent the morning in Paris.
Allison: Please. It was like one long celebration of the bourgeoisie, and now we have an endless array of tchotchkes to prove it.
There's nothing more unbearable than a college freshman.
Henry
Kat: Donna!
Donna: I saw your email. I am late for a department meeting. Can we talk after?
Kat: Okay, okay, well, did you actually read my email? 'Cause I'm pretty sure a massacre takes precedent over a department meeting.
Maureen: Who's this Piper I keep hearing about?
Allison: She's like the female Jace, but actually cool.
