Ted: Unfinished. Gaudi, to his credit, never gave up on his dream, but that's not usually how it goes. I mean, usually, it isn't a speeding bus that keeps the brown, pointy, weird church from getting built. Most of the time, it's just too difficult or too expensive, or too scary. It's only once you've stopped that you realize how hard it is
to start again. So you force yourself not to want it. But it's always there. And until you finish it, it will always be...
[Ted walks out of his class room. He runs down the street, and almost gets hit by a bus. Ted walks into Barney's office.]
Ted: Hey, Barney. Hey, Rachel. Rachel, why aren't you in class?
Rachel: Why aren't you in class?
Barney: Yeah, Ted. Why aren't you in class? [off Ted's look] You son of a bitch. I'll call Marshall. We'll draw up the contract.
Ted: Not so fast. I'm not that easy.
Future Ted: [v.o.] And so I made Barney break his golden rule. I made him take me out to dinner before I finally gave him the thing he always got.
Ted: Yes.