Mad Men Quotes

Don Draper: You are the product. You feeling something. That's what sells. Not them. Not sex. They can't do what we do and they hate us for it.

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Don Draper: I can't decide... if you have everything... or nothing.
Midge Daniels: I live in the moment. Nothing *is* everything.

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Fred Rumsen: Bonnie Prince Sterling here thought I was a coward cause I was in the Signal Corps.
Roger Sterling: Little did I know it was only for his last sixth months.
Fred Rumsen: I think he thought I was a typist or something.
Roger Sterling: Before that Freddy was in charge of killing people. And by "people" I mean Germans. What was it, fifteen of them?

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Joan Harris: Whatever could be on your mind?
Peggy Olson: Can you believe it?
Joan Harris: Happens all the time. They're all just between marriages, you know that. He'll probably make her a copywriter. He's not going to wanna be married to his secretary.
Peggy Olson: Really? Is that what he meant? "She admires you." Jesus.
Joan Harris: That's the way it works for some.
Peggy Olson: You know, I just saved this company. I signed the first new business since Lucky Strike left. But it's not as important as getting married. Again.
Joan Harris: Well, I was just made Director of Agency Operations. A title, no money of course. And if they poured champagne it must have been while I was pushing the mail cart.
Peggy Olson: A pretty face comes along and everything goes out the window.
Joan Harris: Well, I learned a long time ago to not get all my satisfaction from this job.
Peggy Olson: That's bullshit. [They both laugh]

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Paul Kinsey: [singing] Ethel, go get the icepick / That Nixon guy is on TV again.

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Pete Campbell: A man like you I'd follow into combat blindfolded, and I wouldn't be the first. Am I right, buddy?
Don Draper: Let's take it a little slower. I don't want to wake up pregnant.

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Peggy Olson: Pete, just tell the truth, don’t worry about the outcome. People respect that.

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Don Draper: She is very important to me. I’m going to do what I have to.
Patty: You have no say in the affairs of this family. You’re just a man in a room with a checkbook. I’m sorry.

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Peggy Olson: It’s so encouraging to see someone happily married around here.

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Greg Harris: Joanie, I can’t fix anything else, but I can fix this.

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Don Draper(to Lane Pryce): Is that what you want, or is that what people expect of you?

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Don Draper: It's your job. I give you money, you give me ideas.
Peggy Olson: And you never say thank you.
Don: That's what the money is for!

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Don Draper: My Uncle Mac said he had a suitcase that was always packed. He said a man has to be ready to go at any moment. Jesus, maybe it's a metaphor.

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Peggy Olson: What happened?
Don Draper: Somebody very important to me died.
Peggy: Who?
Don: The only person in the world who really knew me.
Peggy: That’s not true.

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Sally Draper: She doesn’t care what the truth is, as long as I do what she says.

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Midge Daniels: Think my work’s any good?
Don Draper: Does it matter?

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Sally Draper: When I think about forever I get upset. Like the Land of Lakes butter has that Indian girl, sitting holding a box, and it has a picture of her on it, holding a box, with a picture of her on it, holding a box. Have you ever noticed that?

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Peggy Olson: You always say, if you don’t like what they’re saying about you, change the conversation.
Don Draper: To what? What they’re saying about us is true.

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Don Draper: We’re Creative, the least important, most important thing there is.

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Bert Cooper: I’m no longer part of this agency. You there, get my shoes.

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Roger Sterling: Well I gotta go learn a bunch of people’s names before I fire them.

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Don Draper(about teenagers): The truth is, they’re mourning for their childhood more than they’re anticipating their future, because they don’t know it yet, but they don’t want to die.

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Glen Bishop(to Betty): Just cause you’re sad doesn’t mean everybody has to be.

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Don Draper: What are you going to do?
Stephanie: I don’t know. That’s the best part, right? Got the rest of my life ahead of me. So do you.

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Don Draper: You don’t know anything about me.
Megan Calvert: But I do. I know that you have a good heart. I know that you’re always trying to be better.
Don: We all try, we don’t always make it. I’ve done a lot of things.
Megan: I know who you are now.

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Don Draper: I don’t know what it is about you, but I feel like myself when I’m with you, but the way I always wanted to feel, because I’m in love with you Megan, and I think I have been for a while.

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Joan Harris: Well I learned a long time ago to not get all my satisfaction from this job.
Peggy Olson: That’s bullshit.

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Betty Draper Francis: I don’t know Don. Things aren’t perfect.
Don Draper: So you’ll move again.
Betty: So much change, it’s made everything difficult.

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Bobby Draper: What about Tomorrowland? I don’t want to ride an elephant, I want to fly a jet!

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Betty Francis: I wanted a fresh start, okay? I'm entitled to that.
Henry Francis: There is no fresh start! Lives carry on!
Betty: Jesus Henry, just once could you take my side.
Henry: No one’s ever on your side, Betty.

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