Aaron Sorkin: "...they ran into the..."

"...they ran into the fire to help get people out... ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless."

—Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet, The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin: "There is a time..."

"There is a time in the history of things that work, when they didn't work."

—Aaron Sorkin, John Spencer as Leo McGarry, The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin: "I have no reason..."

Danny: I have no reason to trust you and every reason not to.
Jordan: Why?
Danny: You work in television.

—Aaron Sorkin, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, "Pilot"

Aaron Sorkin: "If you combine the..."

"If you combine the populations of Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Australia, you'll get a population roughly the size of the United States. We had 32,000 gun deaths last year. They had 112. Do you think it's because Americans are more homicidal by nature? Or do you think it's because those guys have gun control laws?"

—Aaron Sorkin, Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler, The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin: "Decisions are made by..."

"Decisions are made by those who show up."

—Aaron Sorkin, Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg, The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin: "Cause it's next. Cause..."

"'Cause it's next. 'Cause we came out of the cave and we looked over the hill and we saw fire. And we crossed the ocean and we pioneered the West and we took to the sky. The history of man is hung on a timeline of exploration and this is what's next."

—Aaron Sorkin, Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn, The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin: "This guy's walking down..."

"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, 'Hey you. Can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 'Father, I'm down in this hole can you help me out?' The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. "Then a friend walks by, 'Hey, Joe, it's me can you help me out?' And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, 'Are you stupid? Now we're both down here.' The friend says, 'Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out.'"

—Aaron Sorkin, John Spencer as Leo McGarry, The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin: "It's taken me a..."

"It's taken me a lot of years, but I've come around to this: If you're dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you're smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you."

—Aaron Sorkin, Robert Guillaume as Isaac Jaffe, Sports Night: "The Hungry and the Hunted"