Carla Quote #271
Quote from Carla in Peterson Crusoe
Sam: Yeah, Norm is quite a guy, isn't he? You know, I don't think he had to sail to the South Pacific to make us admire and respect him.
Carla: He did for me.
Man: It was the only worthwhile thing he ever did in an otherwise wasted life.
Sam: Come on, come on. I'm serious. I mean, if Norm hadn't gone to Bora Bora, I don't think we would have thought any the less of him. Do you?
Cliff: You kidding? Of course we would.
Carla: Definitely.
Diane: Sam, what are you talking about?
Sam: Well, it's hypothetical. But just suppose that Norm had spent the last three weeks in a motel some place, and that he had sent those letters before he sailed and gave them to some fella to mail when he got to the islands, we wouldn't think any the less of him. Now would we?
Carla: That yellow belly is in your office, isn't he?
Sam: Now, don't be silly.
Carla: If he's not, he's not going to mind me doing this. [hits Sam's office door]
Norm: [opens door] Swell friends I have. That's the last you'll see of Norm Peterson.
Cheers Quotes
‘Peterson Crusoe’ Quotes
Quote from Coach
Diane: You know, it took a great deal of courage for Norman to do what he did. I admire and envy him. He has heeded Thoreau who admonished us that, quote, "Life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."
Coach: Why didn't he just say one 'simplify'?
Quote from Coach
Coach: Norm, do you want to hear a crazy, hopeless dream? I wanted to play baseball and maybe coach a little, you know. And then afterwards tend a bar in a nice place. And look what happened to me.
Sam: Coach, that's exactly what happened to you.
Coach: Oh, yeah. No wonder I'm such a happy guy.
Sam: Good try, Coach, good try.
Quote from Norm
[Norm enters Cheers with a small bird perched on his finger]
Norm: This is that bar that I was telling you about. These people sit in here night after night, wasting their lives away. But, no, don't hate them. Pity them, as I do. You see, they're chained here, unable to soar free like you and me. [goes outside] Soar, little guy, soar.
Sam: You want to sit down and have a beer or something?
Norm: Oh, no. No time for that. I just stopped in to say goodbye. You see, I'm sailing for Bora Bora.
Sam: Bora Bora?
Norm: Yeah. Ever since I was a boy, the South Pacific has been calling, "Come to me, Norm. This is where you belong." I've always ignored that call, till now. So I'm going to go to the beach and build a hut, send for Vera, and live there the rest of our lives.
Sam: Isn't that nice?
Norm: Yeah, I booked passage on one of those cargo ships where you just work light duties. We shove off at midnight, so...