Norm Quote #324
Quote from Norm in From Beer to Eternity
Woody: I can't! Since the accident, I haven't been able to set foot in a bowling alley.
Sam: Well, why don't you just try it today. Maybe the memory's faded. You don't understand what's at stake.
Woody: Can't you hear me? No!
Norm: Sammy, I'll take a crack at him here. [to Woody] Listen to me, all right? Now, every once in a while you just gotta look beyond yourself, okay? And think about the team. Like my old high school football coach used to always say: "Give the ball to Peterson. He'll know what to do with it." But, hey, I didn't want that responsibility, but for the good of the team, you understand, I took it. We went ahead and we had a great season.
Woody: Were you the fullback, Mr. Peterson?
Norm: No, I was the equipment manager. But that's not my point.
Cheers Quotes
‘From Beer to Eternity’ Quotes
Quote from Norm
Norm: You got the cheering under control. I'll mosey up to the bar for a beer.
Cliff: You're gonna miss the game, Norm.
Norm: Then that's a perfect plan, huh?
Sam: Hey, Cliffie, how're we doing here?
Cliff: Fifty pins down, sinking like a stone, Sammy.
[Norm walks into the bowling alley bar:]
All: [o.s.] Norm!
Sam: How the hell do they know him here?
Cliff: He's got a life, you know.
Quote from Diane
Diane: Excuse me, but you've obviously come here to belittle my friends. Why? I can only speculate. Perhaps you're compensating for some physical shortcoming. I don't know. But it's tragic that you place such stock in a silly competition. What of higher attainments? What of loftier pursuits? What of art? And philosophy? What of music?
Gary: I graduated magna cum laude in American Literature from Princeton.
Diane: Oh? Couldn't make summa?
Quote from Diane
Diane: Ah, the alleys. Thanks. It's really a sensory experience, you know. The scent of Aqua Net on a beehive hairdo. The roar of polyester against old Naugahyde. The sight of a cigarette stubbed out in a patty melt. All this, plus the anticipation of placing your feet in shoes only 7,000 others have worn before you.