Dallas (TV Series)

Peter's Principle (1984)

Victoria Principal: Pamela Barnes Ewing

Quotes 

• Pamela Barnes Ewing : [charges into her brother's office]  I wanna talk to you!

  Cliff Barnes : [looks up from his desk]  That's obvious.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : No jokes, Cliff. What the hell are you doing to Afton?

  Cliff Barnes : [chuckles]  Slow down.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : She arrived at my home very early this morning. She was *devastated* after finding you last night with Marilee Stone.

  Cliff Barnes : Well, Afton's making a big deal out of nothing.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Are you having an affair with Marilee?

  [folds her arms] 

  Cliff Barnes : Oh, now, wait a minute. *Wait a minute.* That's none of your business.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : It is when Afton is staying in my house. You know, she's really in love with you.

  Cliff Barnes : I'm not having an affair with Marilee Stone. Does that satisfy you?

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, how about a partnership? To help beat Ewing Oil? Bidding for those offshore oil leases.

  Cliff Barnes : Pam, I'm afraid you don't know what you're talking about. There are gonna be a *lot* of companies involved in the bidding, not just Ewing Oil.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Oh, but would you be involved if Ewing Oil wasn't? I don't think so.

  Cliff Barnes : [throws down his pen, rises from behind desk]  Stop it! I've taken a lot of abuse lately from Afton. Now you? Out of brotherly love, I've set you up in an office right next to mine, tried to teach you something about the oil business. And now, all of a sudden, you wanna be my keeper, not my sister. I've had *one* goal in mind since Mama left me Barnes-Wentworth... and that's to turn this company into the largest independent oil company in the state of Texas. And I'm gonna do that... with or without Mark Graison. And even without you.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Cliff, why is that the most important thing in your life?

  Cliff Barnes : Because I've been the underdog for a *very* long time. And I've been kicked... and kicked hard.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : You mean by the Ewings? You're still singing that old song?

  Cliff Barnes : I'm going to build this company into such a power... that nobody will ever be in a position to ever hurt me again. *Never* again.