The West Wing (TV Series)

Red Haven's on Fire (2003)

Rob Lowe: Sam Seaborn

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Quotes 

• Sam Seaborn : How'd you call Josh?

  Toby Ziegler : What do you mean?

  Sam Seaborn : Didn't they take your cellphone from you?

  Toby Ziegler : I borrowed theirs.

  [motions to the bench of call girls] 

  Sam Seaborn : So on a call girl's phone bill, there's going to be a call to Air Force One?

  Toby Ziegler : You're really going to be teaching the seminar on call girl caution? Really?

• Sam Seaborn : [to Charlie]  You're all right?

  Charlie Young : Yeah, I'm all right. You know, when you sit in a cage, you have time to do a lot of thinking.

  Toby Ziegler : Hurricane, we were in the joint for two hours and 20 minutes, 'kay?

• Sam Seaborn : I'm gonna lose.

  Toby Ziegler : Yeah.

  Sam Seaborn : There's no chance of a miracle?

  Toby Ziegler : No.

  Sam Seaborn : Then why are you here?

  Toby Ziegler : You're gonna lose, and you're gonna lose huge. They're gonna throw rocks at you next week, and I wanted to be standing next to you when they did.

  Sam Seaborn : [sarcastically]  Oh, really?

  Toby Ziegler : Yeah.

  Sam Seaborn : [Sam is touched and seriously asks]  Really?

  Toby Ziegler : Yeah.

• Toby Ziegler : No, I just got off with Josh, and I'm running the campaign for the last week.

  Sam Seaborn : Yeah. Technically, the President can't fire Scott Holcomb.

  Toby Ziegler : He was taking it in the wrong direction, Sam, and you know it.

  Sam Seaborn : And you guys are going to take it in the right direction?

  Toby Ziegler : We made a rough entrance here, but things are looking up now.

  Sam Seaborn : You trapped people at Disneyland, told the French they could stick a loaf of bread up their ass, had a meeting with a Communist, and things are looking up 'cause my new campaign director just made bail.

  Toby Ziegler : Look, a glass is half full or half... You know, the other thing...