Leo Solomon Quotes in The American President (1995)

Leo's secretary: [in Leo's office] Mr. Solomon? This was just delivered by a White House messenger. It's marked perishable.

Leo Solomon: The White House has sent me something perishable?

Leo's secretary: It's for Ms. Wade.

Leo Solomon: Oh, here we go.

Sydney Ellen Wade: Relax, Leo, I'm sure it's just a formality.

Leo's secretary: It's from him.

Leo Solomon: Of course it's from him.

Sydney Ellen Wade: So he had some staff flunky send me a fruit basket.

Leo's secretary: Well, he wrote the note himself.

Sydney Ellen Wade: I'm sure he didn't take the time to...

Leo's secretary: The messenger said he waited in the Oval Office for ten minutes while the president wrote the card.

Sydney Ellen Wade: Okay, listen- it took him ten minutes to write the card?

Leo's secretary: Apparently he went through several drafts.

Leo Solomon: [referring to her damaging her career if she has a romantic relationship with the President] There's never an egg timer around when you need one.

Leo Solomon: [referring to her damaging her career if she has a romantic relationship with the President] I hired your reputation, Sydney. I hired a pit bull, not a prom queen.

Sydney Ellen Wade: That's unfair.

Leo Solomon: It's *incredibly* unfair.

Leo Solomon: Politics is perception.