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venividivicii:

House of Cards sentence starters

Change pronouns / descriptors as necessary!

  • “I have no patience for useless things.”
  • “We’re in the same boat now. Take care not to tip it over. I can only save one of us from drowning.”
  • “We’re in a very gray area. Ethically. Legally. Which I’m okay with.”
  • “What a martyr craves more than anything is a sword to fall on.”
  • “Nobody can hear you. Nobody cares about you. Nothing will come of this.”
  • “I know all about hate. It starts in your gut, deep down here, where it stirs and churns. And then it rises.”
  • “You haven’t earned the right to be treated as an adult.”
  • “So you think when a woman asks to be treated with respect, that’s arrogance?”
  • “You don’t want to work anywhere you’re not willing to get fired from.”
  • “Treading water is the same as drowning, for people like you and me.”
  • “Love of family: most politicians are permanently chained to that slogan, family values. But when you cozy up to hookers and I find out, I will make that hypocrisy hurt.”
  • “He believes that if a fridge falls off a minivan, you better swerve out of its way. I believe it’s the fridge’s job to swerve out of mine.”
  • “Just making an observation.”
  • “Are you letting pride cloud your judgment?”
  • “I’m the only person who believes in you, but maybe that’s one too many.”
  • “Maybe they were right. Maybe you are worthless.”
  • “I promise you’ll never be bored.”
  • “He was the only one who understood me. He didn’t put me on some pedestal.”
  • “The most you’ll ever make of yourself is blowing men like me.”
  • “I can smell the cock on your breath from here.”
  • “He’d never go for you. You’re too intimidating.”
  • “I’ve been doing this a long time. I know when I’ve scraped all the shit off the shoe.”
  • “Do you get off on this or something?”
  • “There’s no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth.”
  • “I have to put fear in other people.”
  • “I have to be ruthless, because failure is not an option.”
  • “I’m not going to lie. I despise children. There. I’ve said it.”
  • “Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power.”
  • “If I didn’t think you were such a liability to yourself, I might even like you.”
  • “I have zero tolerance for betrayal, which they will soon indelibly learn.”
  • “When did that happen?”
  • “You don’t understand. I’m not afraid of you anymore.”
  • “I’ve known everything from the beginning.”
  • “I’m not here to punish you or to tell you to stop. I just thought I should open those big bright eyes.”
  • “I wanted to be significant.”
  • “I envy your free spirit, and I’m attracted to it, but not all of us have that luxury.”
  • “You had a choice. You chose not to be free.”
  • “Success is a mixture of preparation and luck.”
  • “Decisions based on emotion aren’t decisions, at all. They’re instincts. Which can be of value.”
  • “He doesn’t measure his wealth in private jets, but purchased souls.”
  • “Of all the things I hold in high regards, rules are not one of them.”
  • “You have a reputation for pragmatism.”
  • “You can’t purchase loyalty. Not the sort I have in mind. If you want to earn my loyalty, then you have to offer yours in return.”
  • “Now, the humane way to do it is to make it quick.”
  • “I took a chance, showed up at your house and placed myself at your feet.”
  • “I have been fearless. But, you know what? I’m really fucking scared this time.”
  • “Grief demands an answer, but sometimes there isn’t one.”
  • “If we never did anything we shouldn’t do, we’d never feel good about doing the things we should.”
  • “It’s personal for me now. I don’t have a choice, but you still do.”
  • “Stick a knife in its heart and put an apple in its mouth, I won’t shed a tear.”
  • “There is no sacred ground for the conquered.”
  • “You may have all the money, but I have all the men with guns.”
  • “You’re nothing. You’re a parasite.”
  • “I’m not who you want to be your poster girl.”
  • “I’ve never thought higher of her than I do at this moment.”
  • “Do you think I’m a hypocrite? Well, you should. I wouldn’t disagree with you.”
  • “I ain’t one for lookin’ back. Eyes ahead.”
  • “From the lion’s den to a pack of wolves. When you’re fresh meat, kill and throw them something fresher.”
  • “I don’t know whether to be proud or terrified. Perhaps both.”
  • “Seduce him, give him your heart. Cut it out and put it in his fucking hands.”
  • “I’ve done what I have to do. Now you do what you have to do.”
  • “I said I would take the fall for you. And now I give you the means to make that happen.”
  • “Power is better than money, for as long as it lasts. But it never lasts.”
  • “What is wrong with you?! Why can’t you just leave me be?!”
  • “All you have ever done is fuck up my life!”
  • “Such a waste of talent.”
  • “Discuss is probably the wrong word. They talk while I sit quietly and imagine their lightly salted faces frying in a skillet.”
  • “Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after ten years, power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who does not see the difference.”
  • “Moments like this require someone who will act. To do the unpleasant thing. The necessary thing.”
  • “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong. Or useless pain. The sort of pain that’s only suffering.”
  • “Let’s make him suffer.”
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