Mad Men

Mad Men Quotes

Peggy Olson: Pete, just tell the truth, don’t worry about the outcome. People respect that.


Don Draper: She is very important to me. I’m going to do what I have to.
Patty: You have no say in the affairs of this family. You’re just a man in a room with a checkbook. I’m sorry.


Peggy Olson: It’s so encouraging to see someone happily married around here.


Greg Harris: Joanie, I can’t fix anything else, but I can fix this.


Don Draper: You are the product. You feeling something. That's what sells. Not them. Not sex. They can't do what we do and they hate us for it.

Don Draper: I can't decide... if you have everything... or nothing.
Midge Daniels: I live in the moment. Nothing *is* everything.

Fred Rumsen: Bonnie Prince Sterling here thought I was a coward cause I was in the Signal Corps.
Roger Sterling: Little did I know it was only for his last sixth months.
Fred Rumsen: I think he thought I was a typist or something.
Roger Sterling: Before that Freddy was in charge of killing people. And by "people" I mean Germans. What was it, fifteen of them?

Joan Harris: Whatever could be on your mind?
Peggy Olson: Can you believe it?
Joan Harris: Happens all the time. They're all just between marriages, you know that. He'll probably make her a copywriter. He's not going to wanna be married to his secretary.
Peggy Olson: Really? Is that what he meant? "She admires you." Jesus.
Joan Harris: That's the way it works for some.
Peggy Olson: You know, I just saved this company. I signed the first new business since Lucky Strike left. But it's not as important as getting married. Again.
Joan Harris: Well, I was just made Director of Agency Operations. A title, no money of course. And if they poured champagne it must have been while I was pushing the mail cart.
Peggy Olson: A pretty face comes along and everything goes out the window.
Joan Harris: Well, I learned a long time ago to not get all my satisfaction from this job.
Peggy Olson: That's bullshit. [They both laugh]

Paul Kinsey: [singing] Ethel, go get the icepick / That Nixon guy is on TV again.

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