Quote from Ted in Unfinished
Ted: Barney, I gotta tell you something. Barney: Oh, that reminds me. I got you a little airplane. It represents the spirit of adventure. Do you like it, Ted? Do you? Ted: Stop it. Stop looking at me like I'm the only person in the world who matters. I'm not designing the GNB Tower. Barney: Yeah, I know. You turned it down. We hired someone else. Ted: Oh. Oh. [later, Ted talks to Marshall at MacLaren's:] Ted: Can you believe it? He's resorting to the oldest move in the book. The classic, "pretend to take the offer off the table so I'll want it more." It's so obvious, right? As if that's going to make me be like, "Oh, God, I never should have said no." Marshall: It's not a move, dude. I executed the paperwork for the new architect this morning. Barney wasn't lying. Ted: Oh, God, I never should have said no!