Sam Quote #250
Quote from Sam in How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back
Cliff: Well, time's running out there, Sammy. What are you going to tell Diane when she wants to hear the results of your thinking fest?
Sam: Boy, I don't know. I'm thinking about it a million times and I keep coming up with nothing. I don't need a week. I mean, what was I known for when I was playing ball?
Carla: Giving up tape measure home runs.
Cliff: Chasing anything in a skirt.
Norm: Drinking yourself senseless.
Sam: Coming through in the clutch.
All: Oh, yeah.
Sam: No, no, no. I need the pressure. Slugger at the plate. Bases loaded. Thousands of fans chanting, "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday". You'll see. You'll see. Tomorrow will come and I'll be there.
Cliff: Tomorrow's today. It's past midnight.
Sam: Oh, come on, you don't think she's gonna come marching in now. Do you? I mean, nobody's that crazy.
Diane: [enters] Evening, everyone. I'm back.
All: Mayday, mayday, mayday.
‘How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call You Back’ Quotes
Quote from Diane
Diane: This is the way I describe our relationship. It's more than like. Beyond fondness. Verging on deep affection. There's a vital physical component, bordering on the passionate. However, it has not reached the level at which we will abandon our reservations about a complete commitment. Well, that's how I see things.
Sam: Ditto.
Diane: Ditto? You're telling me I waited a week for "ditto"?
Sam: You took my answer. [Diane goes to leave] All right, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. No more stalling. No more stalling. I'll just tell you right here. I couldn't come up with anything. I'm sorry. I really wanted to do this. I don't understand. I'm usually so good under pressure, but I just drew a blank. Honey, I have no idea why we're together.
Diane: [sobs] Sam, neither do l.
Sam: You don't?
Diane: I don't have a clue.
Sam: Well, what about what you just said?
Diane: Oh, I read it in a book. It sounded nice, but it's not us. Is it?
Sam: I don't know. I wasn't listening.
Quote from Carla
Sam: I mean, how'd you do it? These things are impossible to get.
Diane: Well, it wasn't easy. They originally belonged to two young men in the bar, but after I finished waiting on them...
Carla: ...they were two old men.
Diane: They succumbed to my charms.
Carla: Oh. They were two blind men.
Quote from Diane
Sam: Hey, hey, hey, you're drunk.
Diane: Well, you're stupid. I'll be sober in the morning.