the newsroom (season 1) sentence starters
“i want a human moment from you.”
“i’m taking medicine for vertigo and i think it works because i’ve got it.”
“it’s not a meeting, it’s a party. there’s pizza.”
“loyalty. i’m making a dumb decision out of loyalty.”
“yeah, i get that there are moments, small moments, infrequent moments, where i’m not the easiest guy to work with, but who the hell is?”
“was that something that really needed to be said four times?”
“i will beat the shit out of you! i don’t care how many protein bars you eat.”
“of course i care. anybody would care. —but honestly, i don’t.”
“’ma’am’? how old do i look?”
“you know the only reason i’m still standing here is that i have nowhere else to go, right?”
“she’s me before i grew into myself and got hotter with age.”
“i ain’t afraid of nothing except jellyfish, which is completely normal.”
“you’ve done everything i’ve ever asked you to do and a ton of stuff i’d never ask anyone to do.”
“something great is about to happen here and you’re gonna want to be a part of it.”
“i’m just taking your temperature. on a scale of 1-10, how much trouble am i in with you?”
“yeah, they fucked up! they trusted you!”
“if he doesn’t want me to hear it, i’d like to hear it.“
“look, you don’t have to trust me. she trusts me. you just have to trust her.”
“how often do you get this lucky?”
“i’m sorry if i’ve been a little inaccessible or terse lately… or for several years.”
“seriously, though, i have a blog?”
“don’t talk to me unless you absolutely have to, alright?”
“in the old days of about ten minutes ago… “
“i shouldn’t say things.”
“but what they lack in experience, they make up for in inexperience.”
“i find it hard to predict what you will and won’t do.”
“okay, i’d like to say, with all respect, that i don’t feel i need to be supervised.”
“i think kids are great. i used to be one.”
“i have no idea why i’m being mean to you.“
“i don’t know what to tell you. i like my job.”
“i mean it. i don’t have any friends.”
“you’re enabling an ass.”
“i made a quick decision. it may have been the wrong one, but once i made it, i had to commit to it.”
“i’m changing minds. i’m changing minds all over the place!”
“no, what you heard was, ‘don’t mention it. it’s no problem. don’t worry about it.’ what i said was, ‘don’t mention it. ever.’“
“would you rather i’d have been dishonest?”
“are you really not sure? because that would make you dumber than previous estimates.”
“you should shut up more than you do.”
“fuck up again like this, i’m gonna get mad.”
“the reason we failed isn’t a mystery.”
“the pentagon’s a really big building. you can’t levitate it.”
“you’re dressed much too nicely to work here.”
“that didn’t sound like something that should come with a warning. that sounded like something that should come with balloons.”
“yeah, go fuck yourself.”
“i wish your face would stop moving so i could punch it.”
“keep breathing, okay? you’re safe. you’re awesome.”
“just pretend i gave a better pep talk.”
“are you ready for me to blow your mind?”
“i’m saying, with all possible respect, that i would have more respect for you if you were a heroin dealer.”
“well, there’s a year and a half of my life i’m not getting back.”
“i really wanted to see what $135 macaroni and cheese looked like.”
“this is an area where i do not excel.”
“there is no way i’m the bad guy in what just happened. at worst, i’m in fourth place.”
“against all instincts of what sanity sounds like, i’m here at 11am on a saturday.”
“i ever tell you otherwise, you punch me in the face!”
“onions make you cry. they don’t themselves experience emotion.”
“i could have been a doctor. … i didn’t go to medical school or anything.”
“she really wasn’t ashamed to say she had bieber fever?”
“i am more confused than i was before.”
“do. not. screw. me. on. this.”
“everything would have been cool if you hadn’t said that. you just talk too much.”
“i’m having a little bout with insomnia.”
“everyone could use a little therapy. and you a lot more than most.”
“what are you fucking around with me for?”
“i’m going to singlehandedly fix the internet.”
“she wouldn’t complain if her hair were on fire.”
“you were my fourth and only choice.”
“you just don’t stop until he tells the truth.”
“i hate that people are scared of me.”
“what in the name of holy fuck were you thinking about?!”
“that doesn’t make the cut of the top three calamities that just occurred.”
“you don’t know what it’s like in my head.”
“maybe if you stare at that piece of paper long enough, the time will reverse itself and the last 10 seconds will be erased from the universe.”
“there’s just too much we don’t know and too many words we don’t want to say out loud.”
“you haven’t lost your touch for complimenting and insulting someone at the same time.”
“what does god’s voice sound like?”
“question: hell. do you think it’s as bad as everyone says it is?”
“they cut some of the redundancies because they thought they were redundant.”
“we’re starting to be not very pleasant people to be around.”
“why in the world would you know that?”
“is it important that you treat me like an asshole?”
“you know you’re talking out loud, right?”
“i do remember that. it was yesterday.”
“you’re going to see an emotional response on my face and a physical response directed at yours.”
“i’d chop off my ears before i’d hurt her.”
“where’s a power outage when you really need one?”
“well, i’m sorry to hear that, because it was all for nothing.”
“i don’t think i’m coming back.”
“you can understand my reluctance to trust you.”
“you think you’re a bad guy, and you’re just not.”
“a lot of men are intimidated by my intelligence.”
“do you have any life philosophy that isn’t based on a musical?”
“i’ve handled bigger schmucks than you.”
“i’m fine! —okay, i’m a little dizzy.”
“we will both be working here, but we will never speak or make eye contact ever again starting now.”
