The West Wing (TV Series)

Pilot (1999)

John Spencer: Leo McGarry

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Quotes 

• [discussing a large group of Cubans currently floating from Havana to Miami on rafts] 

  Leo McGarry : How many are there?

  Josh Lyman : We don't know.

  Leo McGarry : What time exactly did they leave?

  Josh Lyman : We don't know.

  Leo McGarry : Do we know when they get here?

  Josh Lyman : No.

  Leo McGarry : True or false: If I were to stand on high ground in Key West with a good pair of binoculars, I'd be as informed as I am right now.

  Josh Lyman : That's true.

  Leo McGarry : The Intelligence budget's money well spent.

• Leo McGarry : Margaret, please call the editor of the New York Times crossword and tell him that Khaddafi is spelled with an H and two D's and isn't a seven-letter word for anything.

• C.J. Cregg : Is there anything I can say other than the President rode his bicycle into a tree?

  Leo McGarry : He hopes never to do it again.

  C.J. Cregg : Seriously, they're laughing pretty hard.

  Leo McGarry : He rode his bicycle into a tree, C.J., what do you want me - the President, while riding his bicycle on his vacation in Jackson Hole, came to a sudden arboreal stop.

• [after the President is injured in a bike accident] 

  Mrs. Landingham : Oh, Mr. McGarry, have they done an X-ray?

  Leo McGarry : Yup.

  Mrs. Landingham : Is anything broken?

  Leo McGarry : A four-thousand-dollar "Lynex Titanium" touring bike that I swore I'd never lend anyone.

• [talking about the President's bike accident] 

  Donna Moss : And what was the cause of the accident?

  Leo McGarry : What are you, from State Farm?

• Agent #1 : It's a nice morning, Mr. McGarry.

  Leo McGarry : We'll take care of that in a hurry, won't we, Mike?

  Agent #1 : Yes sir.

• Leo McGarry : [on the phone with the New York Times]  17 across. Yes, 17 across is wrong... You're spelling his name wrong... What's my name? My name doesn't matter. I am just an ordinary citizen who relies on the Times crossword for stimulation. And I'm telling you that I met the man twice. And I recommended a pre-emptive Exocet missile strike against his air force, so I think I know how...

  C.J. Cregg : Leo.

  Leo McGarry : They hang up on me every time.

  C.J. Cregg : That's almost hard to believe.

• Leo McGarry : He's a klutz, Mrs. Landingham, your president's a geek.

• Leo McGarry : Luther, ballpark, one year from today, where's the Dow?

  Economist #1 : Tremendous. Up a thousand.

  Leo McGarry : Fred, one year from today?

  Economist #2 : Not good. Down a thousand.

  Leo McGarry : A year from today at least one of you's gonna look pretty stupid.

• [Leo's first line] 

  Leo McGarry : 17 across is wrong, it's just wrong. Do you believe that, Ruth?