Diane Quote #347
Quote from Diane in Peterson Crusoe
Sam: He's afraid that you are going to laugh at him because he chickened out.
Diane: Norman? Everyone has had a dream that they let slip away.
Norm: [o.s.] Yeah, but not one everyone knew about.
Diane: Would you like to know about mine?
Norm: [o.s.] Not particularly. No.
Diane: When I was a child, I wanted to be a ballerina. I had... [the guys sigh] I had years of private lessons, but when the time finally came to audition for the Julliard School, with my first step I fell down and bloodied my nose. And before I could do anything else, they politely said, "Thank you very much." And I never heard from them again.
Norm: [o.s.] Thank you very much.
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...