Sam Quote #86
Quote from Sam in One for the Book
Sam: Uh, wait. Wait a second. It's not like this is important to me or anything, but are you aware that I am the only person in this bar who's not in that book?
Diane: Uh, really?
Sam: You know, when I played baseball, I used to get quoted all the time. I mean, reporters used to hang around my locker, just waiting for me to say something intelligent.
Diane: I know the feeling! Sam, come on, that was a joke!
Sam: Okay, fine. No, you know, you're not joking, you're telling me that I'm too dumb to be in that book.
Diane: Sam, there are a lot of people in this book just as dumb as you are. Now, look. I want natural poetry, OK? I'm writing down spontaneous statements. All day you've been trying too hard.
Sam: That's all right, fine! I don't really want to be in that stupid, pretentious book of yours, anyway. You know, you've been writing some pretty stupid stuff in that book. I mean I've heard some of the stuff you've been writing in that book, and it's stupid. You know, I mean, what does a stuffed shirt know about blue-collar poetry, huh?
Diane: That's good, that's really good.
Cheers Quotes
‘One for the Book’ Quotes
Quote from Coach
Cliff: Hey, here's a little-known fact. Now, most of you were probably under the assumption that basketball was invented in these United States, right?
Man: Yeah, James Naismith, Springfield College.
Cliff: I can see it's a good thing I showed up tonight. Basketball was invented thousands of years ago by the Mayans. They played it for centuries.
Man: Is that true?
Norm: Sure.
Cliff: Watch me get the Coach on this one. Coach, I got a question for you. Who invented basketball?
Coach: The Mayans.
Norm: Way to go, Coach.
Cliff: Where did you hear that?
Coach: Well, how should I know? There must've been a Mayan in here bragging about it.
Quote from Norm
Norm: [enters] Afternoon, everybody.
All: Norm!
Diane: Norman.
Sam: What you up to, Norm?
Norm: My ears.
Coach: Want a beer, Norm?
Norm: Does a rag doll have cloth knobs?
Carla: There's a lady present, Norm.
Norm: Oh, sorry, Diane.
Quote from Carla
Sam: Sir? Save your quarter. That piano hasn't worked in 20 years.
Carla: Use the jukebox. It doesn't work either, but it's only a dime.
Norm: Sammy, why do you keep something around here that doesn't work?
Carla: Cos no-one else'll give her a job!