Cyrus Rutherford Beene quotes from Scandal

Abby

You make it hard for me to do my job. You undermine me here with Olivia Pope at every turn. You keep secrets from me. You make me feel...small.

Cyrus

Red, there are things that happen here in this big White House with this particular President that you will never, ever know about. Some of those things, many of those things, will involve Olivia Pope. Several of those things will make it hard for you to do your job, but you are a patriot. You are a fighter. And so you will soldier on. As for feeling small, I don't do that to you. I suspect jealousy does that to you. My advice on that is this. You are not Olivia. You will never be Olivia. Hating Olivia for your own shortcomings will not change that fact.

Olivia

Who are you, Cy?

Cyrus

Liv...

Olivia

Who are you, Cy?!

Cyrus

Liv!

Olivia

Who are you, Cy?

Cyrus

I am one of the most powerful men in the world.

Olivia

Who are you!?

Cyrus

I am one of the most powerful men in the world.

Olivia

Oh, yeah? So you're not a bitch baby?

Cyrus

I run this country. I'm nobody's bitch baby.

Olivia

I don't know. You still sound like a little bitch baby to me.

Cyrus

I am not a little bitch baby!

Olivia

Then show me! Prove it to me right now! Show me who you are, Cyrus Beene!

We have to get Olivia back, not just because I love her, not just because having her out there is a threat to national security. There are soldiers who are never coming home because I tried to get her back. Someone's father, someone's husband. I have killed so many mothers' sons trying to get her back. The flags placed on the coffins where they lay are there because they had the courage to give their lives and I did not have the courage to give Liv's, so she has to come back because their sacrifice damn well has to mean something. They cannot have died for nothing. They cannot have gone to their death for no other reason than I asked them to.

Cyrus

We will get her back. I promise you sir, I will do everything in my power to make sure we get her back.

Abby

He's good at his job.

Cyrus

I didn't say he wasn't. You date him? Really, Red? That turns you on?

Mellie

I'm running for Senator of Virginia.

Abby

Well, that's...history making. Good for you. Good for Virginia, ma'am.

Cyrus

You think so, Red?

Olivia

It's all in the rear view for me. I need to move forward. I am moving forward.

Cyrus

Moving forward? Towards what?

Cyrus

It sounds like a shotgun wedding.

Olivia

It is. And you're the pregnant bride.

David

You can't threaten me like that.

Cyrus

Actually, I can. You see, when you know someone's pressure point, you can make them do just about anything.

Mellie

I want to destroy Olivia Pope. I want her to suffer like I have suffered. I want to make them bleed. I want their every breath to reek of poison.

Cyrus

Mellie, this is a very important moment. Don't waste it being human. Your answer will define your future. Think like a champion. Think like a warrior.

Mellie

I want the Oval.

Cyrus

They want to impeach a man for having an affair?

Mellie

They want to impeach a man for having an affair that everyone just shrugs about because a man having an affair is a daily occurrence. They want to impeach a man because all we ever hear is how women are controlled by their hormones but what is more hormonal than a man who can't keep it in his damn pants? They want to impeach a man because he broke his vows and disturbed the office of the Presidency and distracted the country with his libido and the only person who gets raked over the coals is the woman he screwed. That's why.

It's good to have you back, Cy.

Cyrus

I serve at the pleasure of the President. The honor is all mine.

Olivia

Cyrus, Fitz and I together... we have an actual relationship. This is what a couple looks like.

Cyrus

You have the Oval. This is what power looks like. He's not the President anymore, Olivia. You are.

Cyrus Beene

How does it feel to be the most powerful person in the world?

Olivia Pope

Right. It feels right.