House of Cards - Season 1

Claire Underwood: "Such a shame, all of that hard work."
Francis Underwood: "I want to know who lied."

"A great man once said, everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power."

Russo: "The more of my words, the fewer of yours, the better off we'll both be."
Reporter: "If I didn't think you were such a liability to yourself, congressman, I might even like you."
Russo: "If your circulation was as high as the Wall Street Journal, I might like you back."

Francis Underwood: "Aren't you going to wish me a happy Father's Day?"
Zoe Barnes: "You don't have any children."
Francis Underwood: "Don't I?"

Zoe Barnes: "I can see your security guy."
Francis Underwood: "Meechum?"
Zoe Barnes: "He's cute."
Francis Underwood: "He'd never go for you."
Zoe Barnes: "Why not?"
Francis Underwood: "You're too intimidating."
Zoe Barnes: "He's the one with the gun."
Francis Underwood: "But your the one with the congressman."

Russo: "I don't believe in God... heaven, hell, none of it."
Doug Stamper: "Too much Catholic school?"

Zoe Barnes: "Am I only going to see you at bill signings? I haven't heard from you in three weeks."
Francis Underwood: "Insecurity bores me."
Zoe Barnes: "I feel the same way about condescension."

"But the most important count I do has nothing to do with work. It's the number of days since April 4, 1999. As of this morning, that's 5,185. The bigger that number gets, the more it frightens me, because I know all it takes is one drink to go back to zero. Most people see fear as a weakness. It can be. Sometimes for my job, I have to put fear in other people. I know that's not right. But if I'm honest, like the fourth step asks us to be, I have to be ruthless, because failure is not an option. The same goes for my sobriety. I have to be ruthless with myself. I have to use my fear. It makes me stronger. Like everyone in this room, I can't control who I am. But I can control the zero. Fuck the zero."