Memorable Quotes from Sean O'Bryan
4 quotesTransition of Power During Crisis
Lynn Jacobs
Mr. Speaker, as both the President and the Vice president of the United States are unable to discharge the duties of their offices, I'm officially placing you under Secret Service protection
Lynn Jacobs
You are the Acting President of the United States.
Allan Trumbull
Are they alive?
Lynn Jacobs
They are.
Ray Monroe
Sir, North Korea is denying any involvement in the attack.
General Clegg
We've secured the perimeter of the White House and cleared a 10-block radius.
Lynn Jacobs
Sir, they've also assassinated the South Korean Prime Minister.
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Struggling with Ideas and Communication
Banes
What did they find out?
George
I'm pregnant. That's how it feels.
[Roger smirks]
Roger
How what feels?
George
Yeah, you know, to be full of ideas and you can't deliver, okay? I mean, you know, you're ready to break out and you can't deliver. You know, uh, this professor, he won't even talk to me. He won't even talk to me.
Nate Pope
You're not going to Berkeley, George?
George
Oh, come on. Me, at Berkeley? That's a thought, huh?
Nate
I'm sorry, buddy.
Jimmy
You mean, inventions? You got inventions?
George
No, no. Ideas, okay? I get a thousand ideas a day, every d-damn minute. Okay? I got big, big, holy cow kind of ideas and, and little what if ideas. All right? Hey, I got ideas for you, Jimmy. Look at this. Look at this. Your parking lot- it's laid out all wrong, okay? Now, if you just follow this, right, you can put six more cars in and no one gets fender benders. All right? Where's Paulette? Where is she? Bonnie, here. Take this. This is a new route for our mail. Okay? Now, if she does this, she can save an hour a day and everybody gets their mail by three o'clock. Imagine, three o'clock. Oh, and l got a holy shit idea too. Look at this. Now this may be the most efficient way to store solar energy. Okay? Take it.
[shows papers; slides papers to her; shows Jimmy diagram on legal pad]
Jimmy
Well, what am I gonna do with it?
George
What the hell am I supposed to do with it, huh? You know what that light was? You know what that sound was?
Jimmy
Tell us.
George
I'm gonna tell you what it was.
Jimmy
Well, tell us!
Banes
It was a damn alien.
Nate
Don't say that. You don't know what it was.
George
I know what it is, Nate.
Nate
You don't know what it was. Don't say that.
Jimmy
Well, tell us!
George
It's a GODDAMN mistake, is what it is! Okay? It was supposed to happen to someone smart, someone that's scientific, someone who is a leader. But it didn't. It happened to me, George freakin Malley. Look at him. Now look at him. Look!
[his psychic powers slightly break the glass panel at the bar and Jimmy heads for cover]
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Unexpected Comparison of Experiences
Max
So, how'd it go?
[''after Jake couldn't convince Marjorie to forgive Max'']
Jake
You know what a swirlie is?
Max
You mean when somebody jams your head in a toilet bowl and flushes it?
Jake
Yeah, it was basically like that.
Max
Ah, man!
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Romantic Expectations in a Lighthearted Exchange
Jake
Say something romantic.
Max
Huh.
Jake
Say somethi با ها ق آن را بگن در ری ببتنم کند رزنگذرزبهبز گرن تر ژ باng apologetic.
Max
Huh.
Jake
SAY SOMETHING ENGLISH.
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