Tom Quote #22
Quote from Tom in The Banquet
Leslie Knope: It was a great learning experience because my mom cast a great show. Read that part back to me.
Tom: "I was learning-disabled and my mom cast a very long shadow."
Leslie Knope: No, I didn't say "learning-disabled."
Tom: Um, we'll just move on. We can fix that later. Long shadow, go.
Leslie Knope: Okay, I've lost my momentum now. Um, all right, let's start from the top. What's the first sentence again?
Tom: "Marlene Griggs-Knope is morbidly obese."
Leslie Knope: I never said "obese." I said "is my mother."
Tom: Oh, sorry. I got it.
Parks and Recreation Quotes
‘The Banquet’ Quotes
Quote from Ron Swanson
Ron Swanson: [aside to camera] I enjoy government functions like I enjoy getting kicked in the nuggets with a steel-toe boot. But this hotel always serves bacon-wrapped shrimp. That's my number one favorite food wrapped around my number three favorite food. I'd go to a banquet in honor of those Somali pirates if they served bacon-wrapped shrimp. Excuse me.
Quote from Ron Swanson
[aside to camera:]
Ron Swanson: I refuse to lather Marlene up, kiss her ring like everybody else. Instead I'll be delivering a speech of facts.
[later:]
Ron Swanson: Marlene is a woman. She has worked in the government for three decades. Thirty years. Properly applied, that's how long a good varnish should last. So, Marlene, it is true that you have won this award.
Quote from Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope: This is very exciting. This is a big night. We are gonna meet some powerful people tonight, so take this down.
Tom: Mmm-hmm.
Leslie Knope: Good evening. Marlene Griggs-Knope is my mother.
[aside to camera:]
Leslie Knope: How important are speeches? I don't know, ask the Gettysburg Address. Oh, it didn't answer your call? Maybe because it was in the Smithsonian.