Quotes tagged ‘scandal’

“As news of the hacking arrest spread on Twitter, Hill posted, 'Sometimes you think you’ve hit your lowest low & are on the upswing, starting to feel ok, then something else happens & you slide right back into the mud. You just want to sink all the way in instead of trying to fight your way back up.…”

— Caitlin Moscatello, The Cut, thecut.com

“People do not seem to appreciate the commentary she's making with her yarn colors.”

— Tanya Chen, buzzfeednews.com

“The most powerful man in the United States is President Nixon. You've heard of him? Charles Colson is special counsel to the President. There's a cartoon on his wall. The caption reads, "When you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."”

— William Goldman, Harry M. Rosenfeld, Jack Warden, imdb.com

“I watched your 6 o'clock news today; it's straight tabloid. You had a minute and a half of that lady riding a bike naked in Central Park; on the other hand, you had less than a minute of hard national and international news. It was all sex, scandal, brutal crime, sports, children with incurable dise…”

— Paddy Chayefsky, Diana Christensen, Faye Dunaway, imdb.com

“Drama and crisis are currency to them because they love the power to make people react. They thrive on a good fight, a good scandal, a good drama.”

— Phil McGraw, amazon.com

“That’s the world we live in, Monica. Every day a new disaster, when the one thing no one is prepared for will wipe the slate clean. We refuse to imagine our impending extinction, the acceleration of the cataclysms. We’ve thrown science out the window in favor of scandal and opinion and cant and all…”

— Chris Carter, Cigarette Smoking Man, William B. Davis, imdb.com

“Diane: You sure this isn't pride? Will: Of course, it's pride. What's wrong with pride? Pride built the pyramids. Diane: And Watergate.”

— Amanda Segel, Diane Lockhart, Christine Baranski, imdb.com

“Tasha: You better not be trying to call up this boy's phone trying to get up here. Ghost: Tasha, what the fuck are you doing? Tasha: 'I'm so glad Mrs. St. Patrick enjoyed her massage at Eden Rock!' Maybe she's the reason you were too late to hit your target.”

— Safia M. Dirie, Tasha St. Patrick, Naturi Naughton, imdb.com

“Mellie: Truth is, I was glad you were there. You were a good mistress. Probably a great one. You know what I mean? Olivia: Well, I am an overachiever. Once I put my mind to something, I commit.”

— Shonda Rhimes, Tony Goldwyn, Alison Schapker, Olivia Pope, Kerry Washington, imdb.com

“It's me. I'm the thing that needs to be fixed. I'm the thing that needs to be handled. I'm the scandal. And the best way to deal with a scandal is to shut it down.”

— Shonda Rhimes, Chris Van Dusen, Olivia Pope, Kerry Washington, imdb.com

“Thank you, Hillary Clinton, for possibly becoming the first f...president. I would have said ‘female’ but someone deleted the ‘emale.”

— Jimmy Fallon, nbc.com