Mark Quote #8
Quote from Mark in The Banquet
Leslie Knope: Guys, we have to get me to talk to Janine Restrepo. She's right behind us and she could rezone our park.
Mark: Well, then just go up there and say hello and start talking to her.
Leslie Knope: Brilliant political strategy, Mark. Maybe I should mention her massive weight loss.
Mark: You're over-thinking this. Here, I'm gonna pretend to be Janine Restrepo. You, be you. Go.
Leslie Knope: Hello, Madame Zoning Board Member Janine Restrepo. [Mark pinches Leslie's nose] I am Leslie Knope from the Parks... What are you doing?
Mark: Oh, I'm Pawnee Zoning Board Member Janine Restrepo. And I can do whatever I want. Please, tell me about this park that you badly need rezoned by me.
Leslie Knope: Okay, well, I think it would be a good idea to have a multi-use community park.
Mark: Oh. Do you? [Ann pinches Mark's nose] Oh! Wait, what's that?
Ann: What? I'm just former City Councilman Frank Whatever-The-Hell. And I have more power than Janine Restrepo, so I can do whatever I want.
Mark: I don't even know if that's true or not.
Leslie Knope: [pinches Ann's nose] Oh, my God, really? Well, I'm Marlene Griggs-Knope and I will destroy you all! [laughs]
Tom: What the hell are you guys doing?
[aside to camera:]
Mark: It's fun to pretend to be zoning board members.
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.