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Designated Survivor Quotes

“Art is the lifeblood of society.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Misalliance
Tagged: Art, lifeblood, Society
“Doing the right thing doesn’t always make you feel good.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 1: The Enemy
Tagged: Right thing, Feelings, Good
“If everybody is so afraid of losing, how on earth can anyone ever win?”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Equilibrium
Tagged: Afraid, Losing, Earth, Win, Questions
“It’s not always up to us how history plays itself out.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: History, Plays, uncertain, Unpredictable
“Maybe it’s just easier to lie to the world than it is to be honest with yourself.”
— Seth Wright, Designated Survivor, Season 1: The Confession
Tagged: Lie, Easier, World, honest
“My country is predicated on the idea that one man matters. One man can make a difference.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Family Ties
Tagged: country, idea, Matters, difference
“Putting more bars on the prison is not the answer.”
— Alex Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Backfire
Tagged: bars, Prison, Answers
“Sometimes you need to take what you think you know, throw it out the window, and follow your instincts because your life depends on it.”
— Hannah Wells, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Run
Tagged: Instincts, Life, depends on it, Knowledge
“Technology changes. Human biology doesn’t.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: The Final Frontier
Tagged: Technology, Change, human, Biology
“Tragedy either makes people appreciate their fellow men, or fear them.”
— Seth Wright, Designated Survivor, Season 1: The First Day
Tagged: Tragedy, Appreciate, Man, fellow, Fear
“We’re gonna do our jobs. And we’re gonna keep doing them until someone makes us stop.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Target
Tagged: Jobs, Stop, Persistance
“We’re not defined by our difficulties. We’re defined by how we respond to them.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Kirkman Agonistes
Tagged: defined, Difficulties, respond, Response
“When your ship’s taking on water, you don’t jump, you grab a bucket.”
— Seth Wheeler, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Backfire
Tagged: Water, Ship, Metaphor, jump, grab a bucket
“What’s on the paper, that tells a story that we want to tell. But what’s not on the paper, that’s what people remember.”
— Jason Atwood, Designated Survivor, Season 1: The Traitor
Tagged: paper, Story, remember, story telling
“Without truth, there can be no trust.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Backfire
Tagged: Truth, Trust, Advice
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