The West Wing (TV Series)

The War at Home (2001)

Janel Moloney: Donna Moss

Quotes 

• Josh Lyman : I'm on hold.

  [paces] 

  Josh Lyman : I'm on hold.

  [slams phone against desk] 

  Josh Lyman : I'm in some kind of hellish hold world of holding.

  Donna Moss : Josh?

  Josh Lyman : I'm on hold.

  Donna Moss : They'll call us and tell us when the power's back on.

  Josh Lyman : They did call us.

  Donna Moss : What happened?

  Josh Lyman : I'm on hold.

• Josh Lyman : I'm thinking about firing you.

  Donna Moss : You've fired me twice already tonight. I'm impervious.

  Josh Lyman : Among other things.

• Josh Lyman : Five-day waiting period. That's all. A person can't wait five days to buy a gun? Someone needs a gun right now, right this second, isn't that something that the public should be concerned about?

  Donna Moss : On the other hand, taking the feelings of gun owners into account, if you gotta shoot somebody, it probably isn't something that can wait.

  Josh Lyman : Yeah.

• Donna Moss : Josh.

  Josh Lyman : Yeah.

  Donna Moss : Can I tell you something about women?

  Josh Lyman : Oh, god, please don't.

  Donna Moss : They like to be wooed.

• Donna Moss : Josh, how is this not a no-brainer?

  Josh Lyman : Columbia?

  Donna Moss : Yeah.

  Josh Lyman : You say get 'em home?

  Donna Moss : Of course I say get 'em home. Who doesn't say get 'em home? That should be the person that has to make the phone call to the families.

  Josh Lyman : And who has to call the families of the nine commandos who just died trying to save five guys it turns out we could have freed six hours ago?