Defiance (TV Series)

The Opposite of Hallelujah (2014)

James Murray: Mayor Niles Pottinger

Quotes 

• Mayor Niles Pottinger : I appreciate the nice things in life. I take no pride and accept no shame in this. I treat small luxuries like hand cream as valuable indulgences to treasure. My moments of civilization. So you'll no doubt understand, when I accepted the role of provisional mayor 8 and 1/2 months ago, I was apprehensive. I imagined those wild west movies my father was so fond of, of a town full of anarchists, malcontents, and savages. How wrong I was. Put simply, Defiance is paradise.

• Viceroy Berto Mercado : You're a show-off, Pottinger, with your big words, your hand lotion, your TV screens. But I tell you something, I never met a show-off who was quite as smart as he thought he was.

  Mayor Niles Pottinger : Well, now that you finally have, you can tell your grandkids all about it.