Lorelai: That's cute.
Rory: Yeah?
Lorelai: Yeah.
Rory: I don't know if "cute" is what I'm going for on an interview for a newspaper, but...
Lorelai: Worked for Brenda Starr. Worked for Lois Lane.
Rory: So if I get a job as a journalist in a comic strip, this is the one.

Lorelai: All right. Looks like our choices are Hitch or The Lake House.
Rory: I could use a laugh.
Lorelai: All right, The Lake House it is.

Lorelai: You know, I want to take back the "cute." That's really growing on me. It's very you.
Rory: Really?
Lorelai: Yeah, it's very grown-up. It reeks of gravitas. It screams New York Times.
Rory: Well, I need it to say more than that. I'm hoping to hear from the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Times, the Detroit Free Press.
Lorelai: Well, honey, you can't ask one suit to say so much.

Emily: He refuses to deal with anything. All he does is watch golf, pad around in his sweatsuit, and annoy me with questions about things he's misplaced. He's getting to be a serious pain in the you-know-what.
Lorelai: The nose? The ear?
Emily: Would it give you that much pleasure to hear me say "ass"?
Lorelai: I wasn't sure, but, yes, it did.

Emily: Howard? She's marrying a man named Howard?
Lorelai: What's wrong with Howard?
Emily: It's just, for me, it would be very difficult if my husband was named Howard.
Rory: Why?
Emily: It's just not a noble name. I like noble male names, strong... John, Peter.
Rory: Richard.
Emily: Exactly. Richard the lion-heart.
Lorelai: Well, I guess name nobility wasn't high on Mia's list.
Emily: [scoffs] Howard the lion-heart.

Emily: [on the phone] No, are you listening? I've already booked a Swedish massage for 1:00. I want to know what I can do at 2:30. Good lord, no. A watsu? Why would I want to re-experience my own birth?

Lorelai: [on the phone] Oh, no, it's great. We have two beds, sanitized cups, Keanu Reeves in his most touching role to date. What could be better?

Lorelai: Have you seen The Pursuit of Happyness?
Emily: Is that the one with Will Smith? He's so attractive.
Lorelai: Mmm! Mom has a thing for Will Smith.
Emily: I don't have a thing for him. Is it on now?
Lorelai: Yeah.

Lorelai: Oh, do you remember when we used to do road trips when you were little, and we'd play "I Spy"?
Rory: Yeah.
Lorelai: And you'd say, "I spy something with four wheels." And I'd be like, "Is it a cow?" 'Cause that's funny and fun.

Lorelai: Why don't you just get the suit that says something local? 'Cause those other cities are so far away, so expensive, so tiring.
Rory: I know.
Lorelai: And plus, you know you can get a good cup of coffee in New York. I don't know about those other cities. They have crappy coffee.
Rory: You mean like Seattle?