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“Maybe it’s just easier to lie to the world than it is to be honest with yourself.”
— Seth Wright, Designated Survivor, Season 1: The Confession
Tagged: Lie, Easier, World, honest
“My country is predicated on the idea that one man matters. One man can make a difference.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Family Ties
Tagged: country, idea, Matters, difference
“Putting more bars on the prison is not the answer.”
— Alex Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Backfire
Tagged: bars, Prison, Answers
“Sometimes you need to take what you think you know, throw it out the window, and follow your instincts because your life depends on it.”
— Hannah Wells, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Run
Tagged: Instincts, Life, depends on it, Knowledge
“Technology changes. Human biology doesn’t.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: The Final Frontier
Tagged: Technology, Change, human, Biology
“Tragedy either makes people appreciate their fellow men, or fear them.”
— Seth Wright, Designated Survivor, Season 1: The First Day
Tagged: Tragedy, Appreciate, Man, fellow, Fear
“We’re gonna do our jobs. And we’re gonna keep doing them until someone makes us stop.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Target
Tagged: Jobs, Stop, Persistance
“We’re not defined by our difficulties. We’re defined by how we respond to them.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 2: Kirkman Agonistes
Tagged: defined, Difficulties, respond, Response
“Hey! It's me, America!”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: dumb americans
“Ricky Bobby: You sick sons of bitches. I mean you walk in that door, on your two legs...all fat and cocky and lookin' at me in my chair. And you tell me its all in my head? I hope that both of you have sons... Handsome, beautiful, articulate sons, who are talented and star athletes and they have their legs taken away. I mean I pray you know that pain and that hurt.

Lucius Washington: [enraged] Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby! Don't you put that on us! You are NOT paralyzed!

Ricky Bobby: This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons.”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: Sick, sons of bitches, cocky, Handsome, athletes, Evil, fig newtons
“Dear Lord baby Jesus, lyin' there in your ghost manger, just lookin' at your Baby Einstein developmental videos, learnin' 'bout shapes and colors. I would like to thank you for bringin' me and my mama together, and also that my kids no longer sound like retarded gang-bangers.”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: jesus, manger, Ghost, baby einstein, Retarded, gang-bangers
“Dear 8 pounds 6 ounces...newborn infant Jesus, don't even know a word yet.”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: newborn, infant, jesus
“If you ain't first, you're last.”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: first, Last
“ [running around on the track in his underwear] Help me, Jesus! Help me, Jewish God! Help me, Allah! AAAAAHHH! Help me Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise, use your witchcraft on me to get the fire off me!”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: self-immolation, jesus, jewish god, Allah, Tom Cruise, Witchcraft
“Hi, I'm Ricky Bobby. If you don't chew Big Red, then f-[bleep] you.”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: Big Red, Chewing Tobacco, Fuck You
“Well let me just quote the late-great Colonel Sanders, who said...'I'm too drunk to taste this chicken.'”
— Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tagged: Colonel Sanders, Misquote, Drunk, chicken
“[first lines]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: If we look at the base of a brain, which has just been removed from the skull, there's very little of the mid-brain that we can actually see. Yet, as I demonstrated in my lecture last week, if the under aspects of the temporal lobes are gently pulled apart, the upper portion of the stem of the brain can be seen. The so-called 'brain stem' consists of the mid-brain, a rounded protrusion called the pons, and a stalk tapering downwards called the medulla oblongata, which passes out of the skull through the foramen magnum, and becomes, of course, the spinal cord. Are there any questions before we proceed?

Medical Student: I have one question, Dr. Frankenstein.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That's 'Fronkensteen'.

Medical Student: I beg your pardon?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: My name; it's pronounced 'Fronkensteen.'

Medical Student: But aren't you the grandson of the famous Dr. Victor Frankenstein who went into graveyards, dug up freshly buried corpses, and transformed dead components into...?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Yes! Yes, yes! We all know what he did; but I'd rather be remembered for my own small contributions to science, and not because of my accidental relationship... to a famous... cuckoo. [the medical students laugh] Now if you don't mind, can we get on with your question?

Medical Student: Well, sir, I'm not sure I understand the distinction between reflexive and voluntary nerve impulses.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Very good. Since our lab work today is a demonstration of just that distinction, why don't we proceed? [Dr. Frankenstein rings a small desktop gong and two lab assistants wheel in an elderly man on a gurney] Mr. Hilltop here - with whom I have never worked, nor given any prior instructions to - has graciously offered his services for this afternoon's demonstration. Mr. Hilltop, would you hop up on your feet and stand beside this table? [Mr. Hilltop slowly steps down from the gurney] Nice hopping. Mr. Hilltop, would you raise your left knee, please? [Mr. Hilltop slowly raises his left knee] You have just witnessed a voluntary nerve impulse. It begins as a stimulus from the cerebral cortex, passes through the brain stem and to the particular muscles involved. Mr. Hilltop, you may lower your knee. [Mr. Hilltop lowers his left knee] Reflex movements are those which are made independently of the will, but are carried out along pathways which pass between the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. You fithy, rotten yellow son of a bitch! [Dr. Frankenstein puts his hand on Mr. Hilltop's right shoulder and hits Mr. Hilltop's left thigh with his left knee; the students gasp at Mr. Hilltop's involuntarily winces from Dr. Frankenstein's sudden move] We are not aware of these impulses, neither do we intend them to carry out our contraction of muscles; yet as you can see, they work by themselves. But what if we block the nerve impulse by simply applying local pressure? Which can be done with any ordinary metal clamp just at the swelling, on the posterior nerve roots... for oh say, five or six seconds. [Dr. Frankenstein puts the clamp on the back of Hilltop's neck and looks at his watch for a few seconds] Why, you mother-grabbing bastard! [Dr. Frankenstein gives Hilltop another knee hit to his left thigh, but this time he makes no involuntary reaction and is still standing up] As you can see, all communication is shut off. [whimpers in pain] In spite of our mechanical magnificence, if it were not for this continuous stream... of motor impulses, we would collapse like a bunch of broccoli! [Dr. Frankenstein removes the clamp from Hilltop's neck; Hilltop faints and moans while the students applaud] Ohh, ohh! In conclusion, it should be noted... [whispers to the intern] Give him an extra dollar.

Orderly in Frankenstein's Class: [whispers to Dr. Frankenstein] An extra dollar, yes sir.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That any more than common injury to the nerve root is always serious.

Mr. Hilltop: [Mr. Hilltop is carried out on a gurney] Ohh, ohh, ohhh!

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Because once a nerve fiber is severed, there is no way in heaven or on earth to regenerate life back into it.”
— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: nervous system, neurology, Cuckoo
“From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, 'I am man,' our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake. We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself.”
— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: Nature, Heavens, Earthquake, boldness, Death
“When your ship’s taking on water, you don’t jump, you grab a bucket.”
— Seth Wheeler, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Backfire
Tagged: Water, Ship, Metaphor, jump, grab a bucket
“What’s on the paper, that tells a story that we want to tell. But what’s not on the paper, that’s what people remember.”
— Jason Atwood, Designated Survivor, Season 1: The Traitor
Tagged: paper, Story, remember, story telling
“Without truth, there can be no trust.”
— Tom Kirkman, Designated Survivor, Season 1: Backfire
Tagged: Truth, Trust, Advice
“Inga: You haven't even touched your food. [Frederick explodes and slaps on his food]

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: There. Now I've touched it. Happy?”
— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: Hunger, no appetite, Literal
“Medical Student: Isn't it true that Darwin preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extrordinary means, it actually began to move with voluntary motion?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Are you speaking of the worm or the spaghetti? [the class laughs]

Medical Student: Why, the worm, sir.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Yes, I did read something of that incident when I was a student, but you have to remember that a worm... with very few exceptions... is not a human being.

Medical Student: But wasn't that the whole basis of your grandfather's work? The reanimation of dead tissue?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: My grandfather was a very sick man.

Medical Student: But as a Fronkensteen, aren't you the least bit curious about it? Doesn't the bringing back to life what was once dead hold any intrigue to you?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind! Dead is dead!

Medical Student: But look at what has been done with hearts and kidneys...

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Hearts and kidneys are Tinker Toys! I am talking about the central nervous system!”
— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: reanimation, tinker toys, lunatic, dead tissue
“[Frankenstein, Igor and Inga in front of HUGE castle doors] Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What knockers.

Inga: Oh, thank you doctor.”
— Inga, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: Knockers, boobs, Double Entendre
“Inga: You know, there's something I've been meaning to ask you. In the transference, the monster got part of your wonderful brain. But what did you ever get from him?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [growls suggestively]

Inga: [gasping] Oh my goodness, I don't believe... [emits several somewhat painful-sounding moans and grunts…singing] Oh, sweet mystery of life, at last I've found you!”
— Inga, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: Transference, huge penis, sweet mystery of life
“Oh, sweet mystery of life at last I've found you! At last, I know the secret of it all!”
— Elizabeth, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: sweet mystery of life, Good Sex
“[following Igor's botched attempt to interpret Dr. Frankenstein's charade clues while being attacked by the monster] SEDA-GIVE?”
— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: sedative, Frustration
“Frau Blücher: Good night, Herr Doktor.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Good night, Frau Blücher. [horses whinny]”
— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: horses, whinny, good night
“For as long as I can remember people have hated me. They looked at my face and my body and they ran away in horror. In my loneliness I decided that if I could not inspire love, which is my deepest hope, I would instead cause fear. I live because this poor half-crazed genius, has given me life. He alone held an image of me as something beautiful and then, when it would have been easy enough to stay out of danger, he used his own body as a guinea pig to give me a calmer brain and a somewhat more sophisticated way of expressing myself.”
— The Monster, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: Hate, Misunderstood, Hope, Genius, Beautiful, Sophisticated
“Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Throw... he third switch!

Igor: [shocked] Not the third switch!”
— Igor, Young Frankenstein
Tagged: Shock, fake shock

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