Kerry Washington credited as playing...
Olivia Pope
- David Rosen: You know what I love about my job? I'm the good guy. The law is on my side. I am the law. The law is me. I work for justice. I uphold the Constitution of these United States. I am a knight for the people. I wear the white hat. And you, Olivia Carolyn Pope, you are a pain in my ass. I had a search warrant for that house, but by the time I got to use it, there was nothing there, because your people took whatever there was to find.
- Olivia Pope: Hello, David. Good to see you. Did you get a haircut? It's nice.
- Olivia Pope: [at the Whitehouse entry gate] One dozen red velvet cupcakes, extra frosting, like you like 'em.
- Morris Elcott: Of course you know cupcakes would never work, Ms. Pope. I have a gun. I could shoot you. But I did get a call from Ms. Hanley.
- Olivia Pope: The president's secretary?
- Morris Elcott: Apparently the president wants you back on the list.
- Olivia Pope: Thank you...
- [continuing past the gate]
- Morris Elcott: 'Course I don't know what kind of cupcakes you gave *him*.
- Olivia Pope: [speaking to a room full of power brokers from this list] I realize you may not be united ideologically, but thankfully screwing around seems to be a bipartisan effort, and you all have one thing in common - the services of my client, Sharon Marquette. And while the two of us don't care how you spend your free time, your constituents might. I think we can all be in agreement that this small business owner should not be unduly harassed by the law.
- [last lines]
- Olivia Pope: What are you doing here? Quinn, who's this?
- Quinn Perkins: The reporter from the hospital. Gideon. What are you doing here?
- Billy Chambers: I need a quote for my story.
- Olivia Pope: Your "story". You don't have a story. You don't have anything, so go home.
- Billy Chambers: No.
- Olivia Pope: Excuse me?
- Billy Chambers: She
- [indicating Amanda Tanner]
- Billy Chambers: tried to kill herself the day after she quit working for the president, and she
- [indicating Quinn]
- Billy Chambers: lied about who she works for, and now they're both here in this office with you. And I might just be a Metro reporter for a dying newspaper, but you're Olivia Pope. So, no. No, I didn't have a story, but now... Now I do.
- David Rosen: I can arrest her, you know? I have enough to arrest her right here, right now.
- Olivia Pope: You could, but being an upholder of the constitution, you'd need an arrest warrant, wouldn't you? Do you have one of those? My white hat's bigger than your white hat.
- Sharon Marquette: [presenting her company records] I have them going all the way back to 1986.
- Olivia Pope: A girl's first name, a date, an amount, and a number.
- Harrison Wright: No Johns?
- Stephen Finch: Ten digits. Telephone numbers?
- Huck: You're good.
- Sharon Marquette: I try.
- Huck: Phone numbers are perfect. Put 'em in a public records database, and it's as good as a name, maybe better. Type in a number... and I get every man who purchased one of Sharon's girls, his name, his photo, his address, how much he weighs, and if he's an organ donor.