The West Wing (TV Series)

Third-Day Story (2004)

Bradley Whitford: Josh Lyman

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Quotes 

• Greg Brock : Who's the new White House Chief of Staff?

  Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : You know so much, you tell me?

  Greg Brock : I'm hearing Will Bailey.

  Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : Then you should have your hearing checked.

  Greg Brock : Had a one-on-one with the President yesterday. First time all year. Knows the military, which Josh and Toby don't.

  Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : First of all it's Leo. Second, Josh and Toby know every inch of the government: military, industrial, animal, mineral.

  Greg Brock : Lots of folks can manage down, Will's proven he can manage up. A fully fledged adult.

  Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : Again, it's Leo. But Josh and Toby are both adult, responsible, highly intelligent...

  [Josh walks in addressing CJ] 

  Josh Lyman : You can throw me in a vat of custard with a chocolate-covered snorkel.

  Josh Lyman : [shouts]  It's gonna be you and me this weekend baby, and you are wearing a floppy hat!

• Josh Lyman : [Josh is looking at cakes through the glass]  It's like a torture chamber designed by renegade Keebler elves.

• Toby Ziegler : Look, we're in the middle of an intersection without a traffic cop. If we want, we can run things through me.

  Josh Lyman : If we want?

  Toby Ziegler : I'm talking about a process.

  Josh Lyman : And if we want to sacrifice livestock in your name?

  Toby Ziegler : Fine. A decision-making tree.

  Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : How about you be the Communications director, you be the Deputy Chief of Staff; we can use the old barn for a stage.