“Isn’t this* funny*? Here we are at a cocktail party, and we’re talking about* sanitary napkins*!”
“What are all these* stains*?” “Chocolate cake … ice cream … and that’s where Tommy’s hot dog dripped on me!”
“Where Cathy adores a minuet,
the Ballets Russes,
and crepes Suzette,
Our Patty loves to rock ‘n’ roll,
a hot dog makes her lose control!
What a wild duet!”
“You always try to make everything a joke.”
“And YOU always keep asking me lots of questions! It’s like I’m dating the Riddler!”
“Was that a joke?”
“Was that a question?”
Live every week like it’s Shark Week!
(Grace, to her oldest son’s much older fiancee) Let me guess. He hit the ball into your yard and you made him “earn it back.”
“Were you sent here by the devil?” “No, old man, I’m on the level!” “What about us drunken slobs?” “You’ll be given cushy jobs!”
“Shelbyville was founded so men could live free and marry their cousins.”
Don’t tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country; the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; the Financial Times is read by people who own the country; the Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
“I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all… I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing, a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it… Computer, erase that entire personal log.”
“I chose this life. I use the night; I became the night. Sooner or later I’ll go down. It might be the Joker, or Two-Face, or just some punk who gets lucky. My decision. No regrets.”