Joey quotes from Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Joey

What happens when you're wrong?

Nick Naylor

See, Joey, that's the beauty of argument. When you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

Joey

So, what happens when you're wrong?

Nick

Well, Joey, I'm never wrong.

Joey

But you can't always be right.

Nick

Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong.

Joey

But what if you are wrong?

Nick

Okay, let's say that you're defending chocolate and I'm defending vanilla. Now, if I were to say to you, "Vanilla's the best flavor ice cream", you'd say …?

Joey

"No, chocolate is."

Nick

Exactly. But you can't win that argument. So, I'll ask you: So you think chocolate is the end-all and be-all of ice cream, do you?

Joey

It's the best ice cream; I wouldn't order any other.

Nick

Oh. So it's all chocolate for you, is it?

Joey

Yes, chocolate is all I need.

Nick

Well, I need more than chocolate. And for that matter, I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom and choice when it comes to our ice cream, and that, Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty.

Joey

But that's not what we're talking about.

Nick

Ah, but that's what I'm talking about.

Joey

But … you didn't prove that vanilla's the best.

Nick

I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong, and if you're wrong, I'm right.

Joey

But you still didn't convince me.

Nick

Because I'm not after you. I'm after them.

Joey

You're The Sultan of Spin!

Nick

"The Sultan of Spin"?

Joey

Mom subscribes to Newsweek.

Joey

Why did you tell that reporter all your secrets?

Nick

You're too young to understand.

Joey

Mom says it's because you have dependency issues and it was all just a matter of time before you threw it all away on some tramp.

Nick

Well, that's one theory.