- Raymond Tusk: Decisions based on emotion aren't decisions, at all. They're instincts. Which can be of value. The rational and the irrational complement each other. Individually they're far less powerful.
- Raymond Tusk: Fact, I have something that you want. You have something that I want.
- Francis Underwood: [chuckling at finding the negotiating tables turned]
- Raymond Tusk: Have I said something amusing?
- Francis Underwood: I've sat too many times on your side of the table not to enjoy the irony of finding myself on this side of it.
- Francis Underwood: [about Tusk] He doesn't measure his wealth in private jets, but purchased souls.
- Raymond Tusk: Can I ask why you do that?
- Francis Underwood: Do what?
- Raymond Tusk: Tap your ring like that. I've seen you do it on TV. Two taps every time you get up from a table or leave a lectern.
- Francis Underwood: Something my father taught me. It's meant to harden your knuckles so you don't break them if you get into a fight. It also had the added benefit of knocking on wood. My father believed that success is a mixture of preparation and luck. Tapping the table kills both birds with one stone.
- Doug Stamper: I'll call him right now.
- Francis Underwood: And keep your eye on Janine Skorsky while I'm away. She's been prying into Russo.
- Doug Stamper: What does she know?
- Francis Underwood: She knows the right questions to ask. I want to make sure she doesn't get the right answers.