Scandal (TV Series)

More Cattle, Less Bull (2013)

Jeff Perry: Cyrus Beene

Quotes 

• Ethan : [on the phone]  Sir, please say something. I can hear you breathing, sir.

  Cyrus Beene : Yes, I am breathing, Ethan. I am breathing very deeply, because I am trying my very best not to have another heart attack.

  Ethan : I'm so sorry. She has people here.

  Cyrus Beene : Who?

  Ethan : We got Pope'd, sir.

• President Fitzgerald Grant : How do I get rid of B-613? I want them gone.

  Cyrus Beene : Don't... Sir...

  [whisks him over to the fireplace and continues in whispers] 

  Cyrus Beene : Okay, don't ever say that again. That is impossible, Mr. President.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : Nothing is impossible. What if we eliminated their budget?

  Cyrus Beene : A few years ago, this guy at the OMB comes across a very, very strange line item in the federal budget. It's been there for years, but no one's ever mentioned it until this one person, this one man points it out.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : And what happened?

  Cyrus Beene : He committed suicide. That's how they took care of it, and that's how they'll take care of us if they start to see us as enemies. Only in your case, it won't be suicide. It'll be a lone-gunman on a grassy knoll. Just ask Kennedy. This is something you can't control, Mr. President. What you *can* control is winning re-election. That's what I'm focused on, and if you're smart, you'll focus on that, too.