Scandal (TV Series)

White Hats Off (2012)

Kerry Washington: Olivia Pope

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• Olivia Pope : [to Quinn]  I don't have to answer to you. I have to *produce* for you. I don't do lost causes or tilt at windmills. I don't perform miracles or the impossible. I make cold calculations about difficult situations, and I do not take on anything I know I won't win. And I will win this! I just need you to trust me. I promise you, I will not let you die in here.

• Olivia Pope : Are you going to invade east Sudan?

  President Fitzgerald Grant : You know what I think about? The guys at Dover air force base who unload the planes that carry the coffins. There's a whole section of the military dedicated to returning soldiers killed in combat to their families for burial. Right now those guys are sitting at their desks somewhere twiddling their thumbs, collecting a salary for doing nothing. Best waste of taxpayer dollars I can think of.

• Olivia Pope : Ever take a bribe in this office?

  Congressman Jacob Shaw : No, Ms. Pope, I do not take bribes.

  Olivia Pope : Trade votes for campaign contributions, reveal state secrets, fund raise on government property?

  Congressman Jacob Shaw : Of course not. I don't break the law.

  Olivia Pope : I'm sure you don't, but yet, here we are. So if you didn't break the law, what did you do?

  Congressman Jacob Shaw : I had relations earlier tonight.

  Olivia Pope : In this office?

  Congressman Jacob Shaw : ...On this desk.

  Abby Whelan : [suddenly jumps up having been leaning on the desk, knocking things over] 

• Olivia Pope : I need to speak to Ms. Perkins alone.

  Gary Olverman : I'm afraid that's out of the question.

  Olivia Pope : Which might be interesting if your permission entered into it.