Mad Men Quotes

[Peggy in the hospital]
Don Draper: What's wrong with you?
Peggy Olson: I don't know.
Don Draper: What do they want you to do?
Peggy Olson: I don't know.
Don Draper: Yes you do. Do it. Do whatever they say. [leans in and whispers] Peggy, listen to me, get out of here and move forward. This never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened.

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Peggy Olson: [to Don] You'll have to believe me that I'll forget this. I don't want you treating me badly because I remind you of it.

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Joan Holloway: [to Peggy] You want to be taken seriously? Stop dressing like a little girl.

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Jimmy Barrett: The drunker you are, the funnier I become. ABC did research.

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Peggy Olson: A Night to Remember is every girl's dream. It holds the wholesome promise of the kind of hand holding that eventually leads to marriage.

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[Seeing people in the pool causes Pete to want to go swimming]
Pete Campbell: Come on.
Don Draper: You wanna be on vacation, Pete? 'Cause I can make that happen.

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Don Draper/Dick Whitman: I have been watching my life. It’s right there. I keep scratching at it, trying to get into it. I can’t.

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Don Draper/Dick Whitman(holding out Meditations in an Emergency) : Did you read it?
Anna Draper: I did. It reminded me of New York. And it made me worry about you.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: What about the cards? Should I be worried?
Anna Draper: It’s all here. You’re definitely in a strange place. But here’s the Sun.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman(points to Judgement card) : That can’t be good.
Anna Draper: It is.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: It’s the end of the world.
Anna Draper: It’s the resurrection. Do you want to know what this means, or not?
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: No, I don’t. I can smell the ocean.
Anna Draper(points to the World card) : This is the one.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: Who’s she?
Anna Draper: Shes the soul of the world. She’s in a very important spot here. This is you; what you are bringing to the reading. She says you are part of the world. Air, water, every living thing is connected to you.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: It’s a nice thought.
Anna Draper: It is.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: What does it mean?
Anna Draper: It means the only thing keeping you from being happy is the belief that you are alone.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: What if it’s true?
Anna Draper: Then you can change.
Don Draper/Dick Whitman: People don’t change.
Anna Draper: I think she stands for wisdom. Once you live, you learn things.

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Betty Draper: There’s a difference between wanting and having.

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Betty Draper: Where have you been? You disappeared.
Don Draper: I had to have some time to think about things.
Betty: Must be nice. Needing time and just taking it, all on your own terms, not wondering what anybody thinks. Me, the children
Don: Bets, I’d do anything I could to undo what happened
Betty: What happened?
Don: I was not respectful to you.
Betty: Well, now I know I’m not crazy, that helps.
Don: I can’t walk away from this, I want to be with you, I want to be together again.
Betty: (shakes head) I don’t know. Honestly, things haven’t been that different without you.

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Don Draper(to Pete Campbell): Did you ever think I left you there because I thought you could handle it?

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Father Gill: Peggy, sometimes I feel He called me to this parish to reach you.
Peggy Olson: No, I didn’t know that.
Father Gill: Well it’s true. Hell is serious and very real and unless you unburden yourself you cannot know peace.
Peggy: I understand that, Father, but you’re upsetting me right now.
Father Gill: That is your guilt, Peggy. All that God wants is for you to reconcile with him. Don’t, don’t you understand that this could be the end of the world and you could go to Hell?
Peggy: I can’t believe that’s the way God is. Good night, Father.

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Pete Campbell: This is ridiculous. If I’m going to die, I want to die in Manhattan.

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Peggy: Well, one day you’re there and then all of a sudden there’s less of you. And you wonder where that part went, if it’s living somewhere outside of you, and you keep thinking maybe you’ll get it back. And then you realize, it’s just gone.

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Peggy Olson: Let’s assume we can get a girl who can match Ann-Margret’s ability to be 25 and act 14.
Salvatore Romano: Is that what she’s doing?

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Bertram Cooper: I don’t want to have to walk down here every time we lose an account. This is an advertising agency. I’ll wear out the carpet.

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Don Draper': And let’s also say that change is neither good or bad, it simply is. It can be greeted with terror or joy. A tantrum that says ‘I want it the way it was,’ or a dance that says ‘Look, something new.’

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Don Draper: You’re not an artist, Peggy, you solve problems. Leave some tools in your toolbox.

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Gene Hofstadt: You think money’s the answer to every problem.
Don Draper: No, just to this particular problem.

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Peggy Olson: The thing is, I have a job. I have my own office, with my name on the door. And I have a secretary—that’s you. And I am not scared of any of this.

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Betty Draper: [to her daughter] You don't kiss boys. Boys kiss you.

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Don Draper: The product is good. It's high quality. Dogs love it, but the name is poisoned.
Client: That name got us where we are. Do you think that was just luck?
Don Draper: I'm not saying a new name is easy to find. And we will give you a lot of options. But it's a label on a can. And it will be true because it will promise the quality of the product that's inside.

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Lane Pryce: Mr. Hooker! I've been sacked. Please have my office and things put in storage at this address.
John Hooker: What's happened?
Lane Pryce: You're a sharp boy, you'll figure it out.

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Sally Draper: You say things and you don’t mean them. And you can’t just do that.

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Don Draper: No. Because there are people out there who buy things, people like you and me. And something happened. Something terrible. And the way that they saw themselves is gone. And nobody understands that. But you do. And that’s very valuable.
Peggy Olson: Is it?
Don: With you or without you I’m moving on. And I don’t know if I can do it alone. Will you help me?
Peggy: What if I say no? You’ll never speak to me again.
Don: No. I will spend the rest of my life trying to hire you.

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Roger Sterling: Peggy, can you get me some coffee?
Peggy Olson: No.

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Roger Sterling: A wooden leg. They're so cheap they can't even afford a whole reporter.

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Roger Sterling: I love how they sit there like a couple of choirboys. You know one of them's leaving New York with VD.

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Harry Crane: And Joan—that is my news.
Joan Harris: I won't even tell people after it's aired.

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Henry Francis: Don, it's temporary.
Don Draper: Believe me, Henry, everyone thinks this is temporary.

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