"Sam: So listen, there’s a fire in Yellowstone National Park.
Josh: Well put it out.
Sam: Technically I’m not a professional firefighter, though there was a time I wanted to be.
Josh: When?
Sam: When I was four.
Josh: When I was four, I wanted to be a ballerina.
Sam: Yeah?
Josh: I don’t like to talk about it.
Sam: There was a dry lightning strike in Lodge Pole Pine Forest, fire spread to five hundred acres, but it’s all inside a resource benefits zone.
Josh: Is it under control?
Sam: Well, as a matter of fact last night the park superintendent, in consultation with Bill Horton and several deputies from the Department of the Interior decided to let it run its course.
Josh: They’re letting it burn?
Sam: It’s not necessarily our policy to put these things out.
Josh: Putting out fires isn’t necessarily our policy?
Sam: Fire is good for the environment under certain circumstances. Forests have a natural cycle that requires purging burns to reinvigorate growth.
Josh: Someone just said that to you, right?
Sam: Yeah.
Josh: What do we need to do?
Sam: The President needs to talk on the phone with the Governor.
Josh: Why?
Sam: So the President can say he talked on the phone with the Governor.
Josh: I’ll take care of it.
Sam: Ballerina?
Josh: I’d kind of like that not to get around.
Sam: Yeah, no chance of that."
— The West Wing 3x03
"Josh: You on the Gault thing?
Sam: Yeah.
Josh: That’s nice of you, I appreciate that.
Sam: Yeah. I’ll give the Bureau a heads-up.
Josh: They’re not gonna be happy about it.
Sam: No kidding.
Josh: Did you know Lincoln signed a pardon on the day he was assassinated?
Sam: Yeah.
Josh: Did you know the guy’s name?
Sam: Patrick Murphy.
Josh: You know what he was pardoned for?
Sam: Being a Union deserter.
Josh: Am I annoying you?
Sam: Little bit, yeah.
Josh: I was trying to make you laugh.
Sam: I appreciate that. Could I see your friend at the FBI?
Josh: Yeah, can I tell him why?
Sam: [Starts walking away] Yeah.
Josh: Hey, you wanna have a lot of fun? Seriously, sit in on CJ’s meeting with the Organisation of Cartographers for Social Equality.
Sam: Where’s the social inequality in cartography?
Josh: I don’t know, that’s why I’m going.
Sam: You’ll call the guy.
Josh: Yeah.
Sam: Thanks.
Josh: That a new shirt?
Sam: Yeah.
Josh: Nice."
— The West Wing 2x16
"Josh: Well, that seems reasonable.
Leo: I can’t tell you how relieved I am to have your approval on that.
Josh: But you’re still gonna do the speech.
Leo: Got to.
Josh: Yeah.
Leo: Little thing called team morale, Josh, you gotta make people feel good about themselves. [Walking into the room full of staff] Alright, shut the hell up everybody, I’ve fired more people than you before breakfast."
— The West Wing 2x16
