Frank Underwood quotes from House of Cards

Frank Underwood

Did you think I'd forgotten you? Perhaps you hoped I had.

Frank Underwood

Don't waste a breath mourning Miss Barnes. Every kitten grows up to be a cat. They seem so harmless at first—small, quiet, lapping up their saucer of milk—but once their claws get long enough, they draw blood. Sometimes from the hand that feeds them. For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: Hunt or be hunted. Welcome back.

Frank Underwood

One heartbeat away from the presidency and not a vote cast in my name. Democracy is so overrated.

Frank Underwood

If we never did anything we shouldn't do, we'd never feel good about doing the things we should.

Frank Underwood

There can be no false steps now. The higher up the mountain, the more treacherous the path.

Frank Underwood

As for me, I used to be on the edge of the frame. Now, I'm only three feet away.

Frank Underwood

I don't know about you, but if it really is anthrax and these are our final moments, I want to die with a buzz on.

Frank Underwood

I personally take no pride in the Confederacy. Avoid wars you can't win, and never raise your flag for an asinine cause like slavery.

Frank Underwood

Two minutes in the office and Tusk may be back in his good graces. I need to disrupt the nuptials and prevent a second marriage.

Frank Underwood

You may have all the money, Raymond, but I have all the men with guns.

Frank Underwood

[advising President Walker regarding Linda's threat of resignation] Do I think she oversteps sometimes? Yes. Does she wrongly equate her advice with mine? Often. But the question that occurs to me is not about Linda. Let's say you refuse her resignation, if this gets out, and it could, won't you be sending a signal to anyone who works for you that you can be leveraged? She offered her resignation. She's already gone, even if she stays.

Frank Underwood

[following Linda's resignation] I've never thought higher of her than I do at this moment. She lost, but she played to win.

Frank Underwood

A little sibling rivalry isn’t such a bad thing, especially between adopted boys. They either push each other to be the best versions of themselves, or one of them gets booted back to the orphanage.

Frank Underwood

Do you think I’m a hypocrite? Well you should. I wouldn’t disagree with you. The road to power is paved with hypocrisy, and casualties. Never regret.

Frank Underwood

I've always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts even the most powerful of men on their backs.