Scandal (TV Series)

Dirty Little Secrets (2012)

Kerry Washington: Olivia Pope

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Quotes 

• David Rosen : You know what I love about my job? I'm the good guy. The law is on my side. I am the law. The law is me. I work for justice. I uphold the Constitution of these United States. I am a knight for the people. I wear the white hat. And you, Olivia Carolyn Pope, you are a pain in my ass. I had a search warrant for that house, but by the time I got to use it, there was nothing there, because your people took whatever there was to find.

  Olivia Pope : Hello, David. Good to see you. Did you get a haircut? It's nice.

• Olivia Pope : [at the Whitehouse entry gate]  One dozen red velvet cupcakes, extra frosting, like you like 'em.

  Morris Elcott : Of course you know cupcakes would never work, Ms. Pope. I have a gun. I could shoot you. But I did get a call from Ms. Hanley.

  Olivia Pope : The president's secretary?

  Morris Elcott : Apparently the president wants you back on the list.

  Olivia Pope : Thank you...

  [continuing past the gate] 

  Morris Elcott : 'Course I don't know what kind of cupcakes you gave *him*.

• Olivia Pope : [speaking to a room full of power brokers from this list]  I realize you may not be united ideologically, but thankfully screwing around seems to be a bipartisan effort, and you all have one thing in common - the services of my client, Sharon Marquette. And while the two of us don't care how you spend your free time, your constituents might. I think we can all be in agreement that this small business owner should not be unduly harassed by the law.

• [last lines] 

  Olivia Pope : What are you doing here? Quinn, who's this?

  Quinn Perkins : The reporter from the hospital. Gideon. What are you doing here?

  Billy Chambers : I need a quote for my story.

  Olivia Pope : Your "story". You don't have a story. You don't have anything, so go home.

  Billy Chambers : No.

  Olivia Pope : Excuse me?

  Billy Chambers : She

  [indicating Amanda Tanner] 

  Billy Chambers : tried to kill herself the day after she quit working for the president, and she

  [indicating Quinn] 

  Billy Chambers : lied about who she works for, and now they're both here in this office with you. And I might just be a Metro reporter for a dying newspaper, but you're Olivia Pope. So, no. No, I didn't have a story, but now... Now I do.

• David Rosen : I can arrest her, you know? I have enough to arrest her right here, right now.

  Olivia Pope : You could, but being an upholder of the constitution, you'd need an arrest warrant, wouldn't you? Do you have one of those? My white hat's bigger than your white hat.

• Sharon Marquette : [presenting her company records]  I have them going all the way back to 1986.

  Olivia Pope : A girl's first name, a date, an amount, and a number.

  Harrison Wright : No Johns?

  Stephen Finch : Ten digits. Telephone numbers?

  Huck : You're good.

  Sharon Marquette : I try.

  Huck : Phone numbers are perfect. Put 'em in a public records database, and it's as good as a name, maybe better. Type in a number... and I get every man who purchased one of Sharon's girls, his name, his photo, his address, how much he weighs, and if he's an organ donor.