The 41 Best Lines from Mad Men
The thought-provoking, inappropriate, humorous and sad.
One of the greatest TV series to grace our screens, Mad Men, has generated a host of meme-worthy lines.
Season 1
(1) I bet there were people in the Bible, walking around complaining about kids today.
Roger Sterling — Season 1, episode 4 ‘New Amsterdam’
(2) I hate to break it to you but there is no big lie. There is no system. The universe is indifferent.
Don Draper — Season 1, episode 8 ‘The Hobo Code’
(3) I know people say life goes on, and it does, and no one tells you that’s not a good thing. Why is that?
Betty Draper — Season 1, episode 10 ‘Long Weekend’
(4) Those people in Manhattan? They are better than us. Because they want things they haven’t seen.
Peggy Olson — Season 1, episode 11 ‘Indian Summer’
(5) The way he makes love–sometimes it’s what I want, but sometimes it’s obviously what someone else wants.
Betty Draper — Season 1, episode 13 ‘The Wheel’
Season 2
(6) You’re never gonna get that corner office until you start treating Don as an equal. And no one will tell you this, but you…
