Wag the Dog

"This is politics at its finest."

"We're not gonna have a war, we're gonna have the appearance of a war."

"What difference does it make if it's true? If it's a story and it breaks, they're gonna run with it."

"I'm working on it."

Conrad: "Stanley, don't do this. You're playing with your life here."
Stanley: "Fuck my life! I want the credit."

Stanley: "I bet you're great at chess."
Conrad: "I would be if I could remember how all the pieces moved."

"There are two things I know to be true. There's no difference between good flan and bad flan, and there is no war."

"I was just on my way to get drunk."