The West Wing (TV Series)
And It's Surely to Their Credit (2000)
Martin Sheen: President Josiah Bartlet
Quotes
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[the President and the First Lady can finally have sex after a long time; they are in the Oval office]
Abbey Bartlet : BP 120 over 80.
President Josiah Bartlet : Who cares? It's been 14 weeks. Do these curtains close?
Abbey Bartlet : Not here, Jed.
President Josiah Bartlet : Yes. You're right... where?
Abbey Bartlet : How about our bedroom?
President Josiah Bartlet : New Hampshire is an hour and a half by plane. I don't have that kind of time.
Abbey Bartlet : How about our bedroom in the residence?
President Josiah Bartlet : Yes. We have a bedroom right here in the building. That was so smart.
Abbey Bartlet : Yes.
President Josiah Bartlet : Let's go.
Abbey Bartlet : Jed.
President Josiah Bartlet : What?
Abbey Bartlet : Korea? Plutonium?
President Josiah Bartlet : Oh God... I hate plutonium.
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[the President is trying to tape the Saturday morning radio address, but can't get it right]
Engineer : Okay, let's cut.
President Josiah Bartlet : Sorry, everybody. This is gonna be it. Four is my lucky number.
Donna Moss : This is take five, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet : Five is my lucky number. "Fifth-take Bartlet" - that's what Jack Warner used to call me.
Donna Moss : Did you really know Jack Warner, Mr. President?
President Josiah Bartlet : Yeah, because I used to be a contract player in Hollywood and I'm 97 years old.
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President Josiah Bartlet : You know what I did, just then, that was stupid? I minimized the importance of the statue that was dedicated to Nellie Bly, an extraordinary woman to whom we all owe a great deal.
Abbey Bartlet : You don't know who she is, do you?
President Josiah Bartlet : [to himself] This isn't happening to me.
Abbey Bartlet : She pioneered investigative journalism.
President Josiah Bartlet : Then she's the one I want to beat the crap out of.
Abbey Bartlet : She risked her life by having herself committed to a mental institution for ten days so she could write about it. She changed entirely the way we treat the mentally ill in this country.
President Josiah Bartlet : Yes. Abigail...
Abbey Bartlet : In 1890, she traveled around the world in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds, besting by more than one week, Jules Verne's 80 days.
President Josiah Bartlet : She sounds like an incredible woman, Abbey. I'm particularly impressed that she beat a fictional record. If she goes down 21,000 leagues under the sea, I'll name a damn school after her! Let's have sex.
Abbey Bartlet : When it comes to historical figures being memorialized in this country, women have been largely overlooked. Nellie Bly is just the tip of the iceberg.
President Josiah Bartlet : I couldn't possibly hear about the rest of the iceberg right now.
Abbey Bartlet : Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to be awarded an MD. She founded the Women's Medical College...
President Josiah Bartlet : Keep talking. I'm just gonna sit here and think about plutonium and the things I can do with it.
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Engineer : Saturday morning radio address, take 21.
Donna Moss : I have a really good feeling about this one, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet : Is this still my first term?
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Lionel Tribbey, White House Counsel : [about Ainsley] Well, forgive me, sir, but when you have a few moments, I would like to discuss the hiring of blonde and leggy fascists whose knowledge does not include the proper order of the alphabet for positions of the White House Counsel's office.
President Josiah Bartlet : And we will, Lionel, but right now I don't know if you've noticed but there are thirty or forty other people in the room, many of whom have donated significant amounts of money to the Democratic Party, so perhaps you could get a tighter grip on your horses and we will talk about it later.
Lionel Tribbey, White House Counsel : Yes. Well. Good morning, everyone! Thank you, Mr. President.
President Josiah Bartlet : Well, obviously, Lionel Tribbey is a brilliant lawyer whom we cannot live without, or there would be very little reason not to put him in prison.
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President Josiah Bartlet : [to the Secret Service agents] Guys, it's very important that nobody tries to kill me in the next hour or so.
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Charlie Young : Mr. President...
President Josiah Bartlet : Take a break, Charlie.
Charlie Young : She's not there, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet : I'm going to a special meeting...
Charlie Young : ...of the government, yes sir. She had to go to Pennsylvania early. Would you like to come back inside and take another swing at the radio address?
President Josiah Bartlet : Sure. Would you like to get that smile off your face before I send you on special assignment to the Yukon?
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President Josiah Bartlet : Take your clothes off.
Abbey Bartlet : Whatever happened to romance? A couple of cocktails, Mel Torme...
President Josiah Bartlet : Get 'em off.
Abbey Bartlet : Okay, I'm going to the bathroom.
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President Josiah Bartlet : By the way, sweet knees: The Statue of Liberty.
Abbey Bartlet : Get upstairs.
President Josiah Bartlet : Right there at the front door to the country.
Abbey Bartlet : Get upstairs.
President Josiah Bartlet : Like a lawn jockey.