House of Cards quotes

Frank Underwood

There are two types of pain: The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain...the sort of pain that's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things. [begins strangling the dog] Moments like this require someone who will act. Who will do the unpleasant thing, the necessary thing. [the dog's neck snaps] There. No more pain.

Frank Underwood

[about Claire] I love that woman. I love her more than sharks love blood.

I know he made you a promise, but circumstances have changed.

Frank Underwood

The nature of promises, Linda, is that they remain immune to changing circumstances.

Claire Underwood

My husband doesn't apologize, even to me.

Frank Underwood

I almost pity him. He didn't choose to be put on my platter. When I carve him up and toss him to the dogs, only then will he confront that brutal, inescapable truth: "My God, all I ever amounted to was chitlins".

Frank Underwood

Power is a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. The closer you are to the source, the higher your property value. Centuries from now, when people watch this footage, who will they see smiling just at the edge of the frame?

Frank Underwood

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

Frank Underwood

Tell you what Freddy, yes I will. I'm feeling hungry today.

Frank Underwood

Every Tuesday I sit down with the speaker and the majority leader to discuss the week's agenda. Well, discuss is probably the wrong word. They talk while I sit quietly and imagine their lightly salted faces frying in a skillet.

Frank Underwood

Such a waste of talent. He chose money over power - in this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who does not see the difference.

Frank Underwood

I'll fall on this grenade myself, just to piss them off. Give me John King at CNN.

Donald Blythe

Wait, Frank. This is not your fault.

Frank Underwood

No, we have to protect your reputation.

Donald Blythe

But you're the man that needs to get the bill through the house.

Frank Underwood

I will-- hang on..

Frank Underwood

[aside] What a martyr craves more than anything is a sword to fall on, so you sharpen the blade, hold it at just the right angle, and then 3, 2, 1--

Donald Blythe

It should be me. It was my bill.

Doug Stamper

[to Peter Russo] When it comes to your life, Peter, and what I know about it, you should assume that there's no such a thing as a secret.

Frank Underwood

Nobody can hear you. Nobody cares about you. Nothing will come of this. Why don't you let these nice gentlemen take you home?

Frank Underwood

I grew up here, in the up country - Bibles, barbecues, and broken backs. Everything gets just a little bit thicker this far south - The air, the blood, even me. I try to make it down here at least once a month. Every trip is a reminder of how far I've come. I hated Gaffney as a kid, when I had nothing, but now I've come to appreciate it. It's not as suffocating as it once was, except when I have to deal with the sort of nonsense that makes me want to hang myself.

Frank Underwood

What is the face of a coward? The back of his head as he runs through the battle.