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Matthew Weiner Quotes

Total quotes: 79
“Fear stimulates my imagination.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Tagged: Fear, stimulates, Imagination
“You want some respect? Go out and get it for yourself.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Mad Men Season 4: The Summer Man
Tagged: Respect, Go Out, get it
“Sometimes we don't get to choose where our talents lie.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 5: Lady Lazarus
Tagged: Talents, Passive Aggressive
“Change is neither good nor bad. It simply is.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 3: Love Among the Ruins
Tagged: Change, Good, Bad, Simple
“Of course I love you. I'm giving up my life to be with you, aren't I?”
— Pete Campbell, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Tagged: Love, Sacrifice
“You don't know me. And I don't know you. We just have the same problem.”
— Beth Dawes, Mad Men, Season 5: The Phantom
Tagged: Problem
“Ben: I just want to see my friend.

Steve: Wait a second, I know that guy.

Dave: You what?

Ben: My dad died.”
— Steve Dallas, Are You Here
Tagged: Living Will, Death of a Father
“Therapist: Are you afraid right now?

Ben: I feel alone in the universe, except for Steve.”
— Ben Baker, Are You Here
Tagged: Fear, Alone
“Don: We should get married.

Midge: You think I'd make a good ex-wife?”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Tagged: Marriage, ex-wife
“Peggy, just think about it. Deeply. Then forget it. And an idea will jump up in your face.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Indian Summer
Tagged: Ideas, Forgetting
“Trudy: Have you been drinking?

Pete: The whole country's drinking!”
— Pete Campbell, Mad Men, Season 3: The Grown-Ups
Tagged: Alcohol, Drinking, JFK Assassination
“Paul Kinsey: He might lose his foot.

Roger: Right when he got it in the door.”
— Paul Kinsey, Mad Men, Season 3: Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency
Tagged: Advancement
“Go home, take a paper bag and cut some eyeholes out of it. Put it over your head, get undressed and look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate where your strengths and weaknesses are. And be honest.”
— Joan Holloway, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Tagged: Nudity, Honesty, Body Image
“Peggy: I think she's good at everything. I think she's just one of those girls.

Joan: Then you had every right to be hard on her.”
— Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Season 5: Lady Lazarus
Tagged: Good Girls
“Ken: I love getting telegrams, but I never send them.

Don: How is that supposed to help?”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 3: The Color Blue
Tagged: Telegrams, Western Union
“They say as soon you have to cut down on your drinking, you have a drinking problem.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Mad Men Season 4: The Summer Man
Tagged: Drinking, Alcoholism
“Los Angeles is not what you see in the movies. It's like Detroit with palm trees.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 6: In Care Of
Tagged: Los Angeles, Movies, Detroit, Palm Trees
“Why do pissin, shittin', and fuckin' all happen within' a two-inch radius?”
— Paulie Walnuts, The Sopranos, Season 5: Sentimental Education
Tagged: Pissing, Shitting, Fucking, Taint
“Please, can we stop all this bickering? A man died here, a very rich man.”
— Steve Dallas, Are You Here
Tagged: Bickering, Dead Man, rich man
“The bearded, bespectacled doctor murdered at least 26 patients, making him one of the world's most prolific killers. So, Steve, how's it looking out there today? It's about time we saw some of this warmer weather.”
— Victoria Riolobos, Are You Here
Tagged: Serial Killers, Understatement, Warm Weather
“The reason you haven't felt is because it doesn't exist. What you call love was invented by guys like me...to sell nylons.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Tagged: Love, Advertising
“Don: Let me ask you something, what do women want?

Roger: Who cares?”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Ladies Room
Tagged: What Women Want, Misogyny
“Well, you know what they say about Detroit. It's all fun and games till they shoot you in the face.”
— Roger Sterling, Mad Men, Season 6: In Care Of
Tagged: Detroit, Murder
“Judge: Mr. Baker, have you been having difficulty distinguishing between real and unreal?

Ben: My whole life.”
— Ben Baker, Are You Here
Tagged: Reality
“Silvio Dante: His brains are splattered all over the seat.

Paulie Walnuts: Joey Peeps? Couldn't have been too much to clean up.”
— Paulie Walnuts, The Sopranos, Season 5: Unidentified Black Males
Tagged: Brains, blown out, Insult
“Tony Soprano: So, to what do I owe this pleasure?

Carmela Soprano: I don't know if you're gonna see it that way. I have asked you to lunch to tell you I'm filing for divorce.”
— Tony Soprano, The Sopranos, Season 5: Unidentified Black Males
Tagged: Divorce
“He may act like he wants a secretary, but most of the time they're looking for something between a mother and a waitress.”
— Joan Harris, Mad Men, Season 2: For Those Who Think Young
Tagged: Secretary, mother, Waitress
“Now try not to be overwhelmed by all this technology. It looks complicated, but the men who designed it made it simple enough for a woman to use.”
— Joan Holloway, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Tagged: Technology, Misogyny
“You are the finest piece of ass I ever had and I don't care who knows it. I am so glad I got to roam those hillsides.”
— Roger Sterling, Mad Men, Season 1: Indian Summer
Tagged: Piece of Ass
“That poor girl. She doesn't know that loving you is the worst way to get to you.”
— Betty Draper, Mad Men, Season 6: The Better Half
Tagged: Players, Love
“Don: What are you doing here?

Adam: I lost my job when I died.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 5: The Phantom
Tagged: Death
“Ted: I have to eat something.

Don: Doesn't ice count?”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 6: The Crash
Tagged: Hunger, ice
“The truth is people may see things differently, but they don't really want to.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 3: Wee Small Hours
Tagged: Perception, Disagreement
“She died like she lived. Surrounded by the people she answered phones for.”
— Roger Sterling, Mad Men, Mad Men Season 4: The Beautiful Girls
Tagged: Secretaries
“Can someone please get my wife out of the kitchen? I have something very nice to say about her.”
— Roger Sterling, Mad Men, Season 3: The Grown-Ups
Tagged: Nice, Saying Something Nice
“My mother wore a girdle all the time and she always had a stomachache and I always thought, 'You'd rather have a stomachache just so dad will like you?'”
— Sandy Schmidt, Mad Men, Season 6: The Doorway
Tagged: girdle, Stomachache, Women's Clothes
“Bud: When you think about it, it won't bring her back. She's in the water. With father.

Pete: She loved the sea.”
— Pete Campbell, Mad Men, Season 6: In Care Of
Tagged: Loving The Sea, Dead In The Ocean
“Ted: Someday you'll be glad I made this decision.

Peggy: We'll aren't you lucky. To have decisions.”
— Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Season 6: In Care Of
Tagged: Decisions
“And at 100% humidity and 89 degrees, Little Hilo, Hawaii, is both the hottest and wettest spot in the nation. I guess that makes it the number-one destination for teenage boys, eh, Victoria?”
— Steve Dallas, Are You Here
Tagged: Hawaii, Hilo, Tropical Rain Forest, Victoria
“Steve, I would prefer to forego your input since it most recently resulted in my brother becoming fat, unemployed and growing that supremely antisocial beard.”
— Terri Baker, Are You Here
Tagged: fat, unemployed, beard, Anti-Male
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