Lily: [on the phone] Hey, Dad, just taking a break from our amazing night to check in. I bet Marvin's pretty devastated that I'm not there, huh?
Mickey: Not at all. I don't think he even noticed you're gone. It's kind of like Mommy who? [laughs]
Lily: Oh... Oh, good. But I should probably sing him his nighttime lullaby over the phone, just in case.
Mickey: Sang it already, nailed it.
Lily: Did you do the horsie?
Mickey: Yep.
Lily: The birdie?
Mickey: Yep.
Lily: Elephant?
Mickey: Yep.
Lily: Moose.
Mickey: No moose, trick question.
Lily: Robot.
Mickey: [robot voice] Affirmative. Look, I should go. Marvin's asleep in my arms. Mmm, his head smells like love. Bye.

Ted: So, what do you want to do?
Ranjit: Robin, I do not want to meddle, but this is like the classic love song says... [sings loudly and high-pitched in a foreign language]
Ted: Ranjit. Ranjit, let's just communicate via text from now on, okay?

Robin: Okay, maybe that one detail stings a little bit, but that doesn't mean I'm in love with Barney.
Ted: [phone chimes] "Sounds like she's in love with Barney." Okay, is this divider even slightly soundproof? [phone chimes] "Yes." With a little winky face.

Robin: Hey. Do you realize that something you thought up in your head now exists as a part of the Manhattan skyline? That's huge.
Ted: It's just a building. I mean, I'm incredibly young for such an achievement, but it's just a building. I mean, Architecture Vision Weekly may have dubbed it "more than just a building," but it's just a building. So let's not get carried... Okay, you're right, it's huge.
Robin: It is huge. You're the star of the party, and who knows? Maybe the future Mrs. Ted Mosby is gonna be there.
Ted: Yeah, maybe she will.
Robin: Oh. Wait, this isn't your... [sighs] This is the World Wide News building.
Ted: Go get him.

Robin: What do you want me to do, Ted? Run up to that roof, knock the ring out of Barney's hand, and say, "Sorry to interrupt, but you should be with me"?
Ted: Is that what you want?
Robin: No. I don't. I can't keep making an ass of myself.
Ted: Well, a word in defense of making an ass of yourself, it's underrated. Eight years ago I made an ass of myself chasing after you, and I've made an ass of myself chasing after you a bunch of times since then. But I have no regrets. Because it led me to something that I wouldn't trade for the world. It led to you being my friend. So, as your friend and a leading expert in the field of making an ass of yourself, I say to you from the heart, get the hell out of this car.
Robin: [exhales] But, Ted, your big night.
Ted: It's just a building.

Lily: Wow. Nice. You know, now that I'm here, I don't feel that anxious. [phone rings] It's my dad. Something horrible's happened! My husband, relax.
Marshall: [on the phone] Hey, um, I'm gonna be a little while, baby. It's a long story, but Ted needs my help.
Lily: Okay, but hurry or I'm gonna start doing number 11 on my own.
Marshall: You can do that by yourself?
Lily: Pilates, bitch.

Robin: Nervous?
Ted: Everything comes out of my body in liquid form now.
Marshall: Ignore that, ladies.
Ted: Plus, I, I keep having this nightmare where King Kong shows up to the opening but refuses to climb my building because, in his words, "It's a bit derivative."

Lily: Hey, we need this. We're maximizing our time away by planning everything down to the minute. See? 2:12 p.m., guilt Ted into saying it's okay if we leave early tonight.
[Marshall and Lily look at Ted with puppy dog eyes]
Ted: It's okay if you leave early tonight.

Lily: Well, we're your real friends and we wouldn't miss it for the world.
Marshall: That is why we will see you tonight from 7:03 to 7:14.

Robin: Okay, what's the real reason Barney's not coming?
Future Ted: [v.o.] Here was my chance to tell Robin about Barney.
Ted: Yeah, actually, Barney didn't say what he was doing tonight. Anyway, uh, you know, I'm not taking anyone to the opening, so you want to be my date?
Robin: Sure.