Cyrus Rutherford Beene quotes from Scandal

Cyrus

I never took you for the "hell hath no fury" type. It's a little trashy, but... So is having an affair with a married man.

Olivia

You want to be careful, Cyrus, with how you speak to me. Because I might forget that we are friends.

Cyrus

We employ the best speechwriters in the western world.

Are there better ones in the eastern world?

Cyrus

Nobody likes a smart-ass, Mr. President.

For God sakes, Cy, show some respect.

Cyrus

128 innocent Americans – children, mommies and daddies and best friends and husbands and wives – died in that plane crash yesterday. That's sad. We lost one of the few sane, and worthy, members of the senate yesterday. That's sad. Four Navy SEALs died in Afghanistan... and that doesn't even touch Sudan, Congo, Northern Mexico. That's sad. But the disturbed girl who made it her life's mission to take down this administration, the one who was happily – no, gleefully – carrying your illegitimate bastard child, she's no longer with us? Well, I'm sorry if I'm not sitting Shiva.

Cyrus

Let's be clear about something. I run a sausage factory.

Which makes me… sausage?

Cyrus

Handsome, highly qualified, smart, idealistic, and energetic sausage. The stump, the electrifying speeches, the baby kissing... That's all you. The nitty-gritty, morally bankrupt, back-alley-brawling rest of the game... that's me. It's filthy and thankless, and it's my hallelujah, heroin, and reason to breathe. And you, you don't have half the stomach for it, so you go and you make nice with Olivia Pope. Get her back, or you can find another sausage maker.

Mellie

I want a seat at the table.

Cyrus

You have a seat at the table.

Mellie

The kiddie table. I want a seat at the adult's table like I was during the election. Or have you forgotten how things worked back then?

Cyrus

We've all made sacrifices. Me as much as anyone. That was the election. This is the White House and, in the White House, this is the way things work.

Mellie

He's your husband.

Cyrus

He's a journalist. Inside this building he's a journalist and you know it and you know how I know you know it? Because you're a terrifying political animal who would eat off her own foot if it meant you could get ahead. A trait I respect. But the President is at the G8 in Tokyo and what is the rule when the President is out of the country? All roads...

Mellie

All roads lead to Fitz.

Mellie

Like you said, I am a terrifying, political animal. So, I want to be clear. I will not attend any more of those meetings again. If any of this comes up, I will deny, deny, deny. And if anyone ever asks me about Defiance...

Cyrus

Ok. First of all, you will attend whatever meetings you need to attend. They are not optional. Not for me, not for you, not for anyone else. Two, if this ever comes up, you won't have time to deny because that means we are already going down in flames. Three, You may be an animal, but I am a monster. And I am much more terrifying than you can ever imagine. And while I respect your position as First Lady, I will do whatever is necessary to make sure things go accordingly. So, Mellie, do not ever speak the word Defiance in my presence again..

Olivia

I don't like it when the bad guys get away.

Cyrus

Then you shouldn't have come to Washington.

Olivia

You want Edison to win, why?

Cyrus

Because that means he's over you. I get my president back. Hey, you asked.

Olivia

Mellie's let me visit him exactly once and then she revoked my privileges. I might not even get to say goodbye.

Cyrus

I'm going to say this once, and I better not ever have to say it again. Don't you ever again suggest to me that Fitzgerald Thomas Grant the Third is going to die. That is unacceptable coming from you. He calls you the love of his life. Don't you dare give up on him.

Cyrus

A baby was born at County General this evening at 5:42 p.m. A girl. Five pounds, eleven ounces. She's ours. She's our daughter. We can bring her home in a week if you say yes.

James

You stole a baby?

Cyrus

I did not...

James

You bought a baby?

Cyrus

I pulled some strings and got us to the front of the line. It wasn't that hard, just a well-placed phone call, which is wrong. Very wrong. But like I said, I'm a Republican overlord and your dream is a baby, so... and now you're thinking "Why now?" when I didn't want a baby before. Why now? Someone shot my best friend. He's lying in a hospital bed dying. Which makes me denying us a chance to start a family seem ludicrous. So there's a baby girl in County General, and if you say yes, in one week, she could be our daughter. We could be her fathers. If you say yes.

James

Yes.

Cyrus

This is Mellie we're talking about.

Olivia

Let Mellie be. That's how you fight her. Don't over think it. Just let her be. Let Mellie do what Mellie's going to do. When it comes to Fitz, Mellie's her own worst enemy. Eventually she's going to go too far and cross him. You just need to be there when she does.

Olivia

I'm apolitical you know that.

Cyrus

Is your vagina apolitical?

James

Therapy requires telling the truth, Cy. And you don't tell the truth.

Cyrus

You wanted to know who I am? This is who I am. Defiance is who I am. This is me. This is who you married. This is who you love. You made a choice. You did this. This is the man you are. And guess what? I love you anyway. Because that is the man I am.

Cyrus

Why are you calling sir.

I killed Verna Thorton. Would she forgive me if she knew?

Cyrus

There are things we don't tell them. Things we bury. Things we hide. That's the job. You did something, sir. It doesn't mean you don't deserve to be happy.