President Bartlet: There's a delegation of cardiologists having their pictures taken in the Blue Room. You wouldn't think you could find a group of people more arrogant than the fifteen of us, but there they are, right upstairs in the Blue Room.

Aaron Sorkin
About This Quote

In the episode of The West Wing titled "The Blue Room", after a debate over whether to allow an unpopular trade agreement, Dean explained to President Bartlet that he was already dealing with the long term effects of his decision. He explained that the agreement would take effect after two years, so it wasn't like he had made the decision and had to live with the consequences for years. Instead, he explained that he had to live with them for years. He then proceeded to ask President Bartlet if that was something that bothered him. The president replied that it did because he had to live with them for years.

Some Similar Quotes
  1. And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. - Sylvia Plath
  2. You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. - Ray Bradbury
  3. The road to hell is paved with adverbs. - Stephen King
  4. Fiction is the truth inside the lie. - Stephen King
  5. The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But... - Stephen King
More Quotes By Aaron Sorkin
  1. Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now.
  2. Mrs. Landingham, does the President have free time this morning?" "The President has nothing but free time, Toby. Right now he's in the residence eating Cheerios and enjoying Regis and Kathie Lee. Should I get him for you?" "Sarcasm's a disturbing thing coming from a...
  3. I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, Giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy: I'm a white piece...
  4. Toby: All right. It couldn't have gone far, right? Sam: No.Toby: Somewhere in this building...is our talent.
  5. Margaret: Can I - can I just say something for the future? Leo: Yeah.Margaret: I can sign the President's name. I have his signature down pretty good. Leo: You can sign the President's name? Margaret: Yeah.Leo: On a document removing him from power and handing...
Related Topics