“There’s no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you’ll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?”
-Elaine Dickinson, Airplane (1980)
“Oh, that’s not obvious enough Rob. How about the Beatles? Or fucking… fucking Beethoven? Side one, track one of the Fifth Symphony… How can someone with no interest in music own a record store?”
-Barry, High Fidelity [2000]
“He was Vietnamese, so it was spelled ‘Ph,’ but still that’s pretty jarring to see on a drivers license.”
-Officer Michaels, Superbad [2007]
John Bender: Sushi?
Claire Standish: Rice, raw fish, and seaweed.
John Bender: You won’t accept a guy’s tongue in your mouth, and you’re going to eat that?
-The Breakfast Club [1985]
“Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.”
-Jim Halpert, The Office [2007]
“I used to eat there. Really good noodles.”
-Neo, The Matrix [1999]
“I regularly drive through neighborhoods that have only recently been gentrified. So yeah I am pretty much not afraid of anything.”
-Phil Dunphy, Modern Family [2009]
Dev: “You see The Social Network? Max Minghella plays an Indian guy. He’s white. They browned him up.”
Ravi: “No no, I read he’s 1/16th Indian.”
Dev: “Who cares? If you go back far enough we’re all 1/16th something. I’m probably 1/16th black. You think they’re gonna let me play Blade?”
-Master of None [2015]
“If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot!”
-Miles Raymond, Sideways [2004]
“A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man’s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.”
-His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama