“If you're dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you're smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you.(Isaac Jaffe, Sports Night)”

“Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.”

“By and large, the mission of any ghost is to offer humility. They point out what's important by mocking what is not.(Joshua Malina, Sports Night)”

“A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.”

“In that moment, Dan was reminded why he wanted to write in the first place. It was the same reason anybody does anything -- to impress women.(Jeremy Goodwin, Sports Night)”

“We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now none of this is the fault of 20 year old college student, but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world I don't know what the f^&k you're talking about.”

“This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.”