Scandal (TV Series)

Everything's Coming Up Mellie (2013)

Jeff Perry: Cyrus Beene

Quotes 

• Cyrus Beene : [15 years earlier, with a full beard and tousled hair]  Well, he's tall, like you said. That's good. Nice head of hair. Also a plus. And where are we on schooling?

  Jerry Grant : Oh, Yale, Rhodes Scholar, Navy, Harvard Law, and...

  Cyrus Beene : That'll do. Hold it... The wife is perfect.

  Jerry Grant : She's gorgeous, isn't she?

  Mellie Grant : Thank you, Mr. Beene.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : What is this?

  Mellie Grant : I think it's our first step to the White House, baby.

• Cyrus Beene : Madame Vice President, I know you have a lot on your plate, but funny...

  Sally Langston : I thought it was your entire vocation in life to make sure my plate remains empty.

• Cyrus Beene : [15 years earlier]  You want him to be governor? You want him to run the damn country one day? I will hand you that on a platter. You want his hand held or his nose wiped or someone to hug him and tell him that he's great, do it yourself. That's your job.

  Mellie Grant : My job?

  Cyrus Beene : You're the wife.

  Mellie Grant : I'm a lawyer. I'm a partner in a law firm.

  Cyrus Beene : That... You'll have to give that up. They told you that, right?