Madam Secretary (TV Series)
Spartan Figures (2015)
Téa Leoni: Elizabeth McCord
Quotes
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Henry McCord : I don't want to work for a competing Department of government.
Elizabeth McCord : State and Defense don't compete. We, we compare and contrast expertise often in an openly hostile manner.
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Elizabeth McCord : [At the sight of Henry repairing gutters in a light snow] Well, there's a sight that never gets old. You know, if men knew how sexy they looked fixing stuff, they'd never stop.
Henry McCord : I can't feel my hands.
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Blake Moran : Sorry. We've been calling since this morning, but, uh... we didn't have any signal. What's that smell?
Nadine Tolliver : We have good news. They reached an agreement in Brussels to solve the Greek debt crisis.
Elizabeth McCord : Oh, thank God. And horse crap.
Nadine Tolliver : I beg your pardon.
Elizabeth McCord : That's what that smell is.
Blake Moran : Oh.
Henry McCord : Well, another global depression avoided. Lunch?
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Elizabeth McCord : [Trying to force her suitcase closed, she smashes her hand while sitting on it] Ow! Ow, ah! Dammit!
Henry McCord : Are you okay? What is happening?
Elizabeth McCord : Will you please sit on my suitcase while I close it?
Henry McCord : Can you say that again in a slow, sexy voice?
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Elizabeth McCord : [Explaining to the team why Blake was out drinking with his counterparts for the German government] Blake was on a fact finding mission for me last night. Although the public urination was his idea.
Blake Moran : Nature calls the same in any language.
Matt Mahoney : Wait. So you were talking to her the whole time.
Blake Moran : Except for the part when I was in a lockup with a skinhead and a mime.
Nadine Tolliver : Ma'am. These trade craft episodes would work even better if you would fill us all in.
Elizabeth McCord : No. That's actually the opposite of how they work.
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Chancellor Frieda Schulz : Sir. You and your Secretary of State are not part of this meeting.
President Conrad Dalton : We are now.
Chancellor Frieda Schulz : What I mean is, you are not welcome.
Elizabeth McCord : Oh. We'll get over it.
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Henry McCord : [about their decision to sell the farm] We gotta tell the kids.
Elizabeth McCord : Yeah, you do. It's gonna be rough. They love it here. We're not ruining their lives, are we?
Henry McCord : If we haven't ruined their lives already, believe me, this isn't gonna do it.
Elizabeth McCord : Okay. But, if anybody starts crying, can I say that it was your idea?
Henry McCord : My-? Okay. Sure.
Alison McCord : [Walks out the front door] Hey, guys. I drew the short straw. So, I get to tell you that we're all really bored and wondering if we can cut this weekend short and head home?
Elizabeth McCord : [after Alison goes back inside, she and Henry exchange looks] Okay, it can be my idea.
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Elizabeth McCord : I *love* it when we avoid financial Armageddon.
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Elizabeth McCord : How did you get water pressure up to the second floor?
Henry McCord : Mad skills. I called a plumber.