Leslie Knope Quote #1459
Quote from Leslie Knope in Prom
Allison: Thanks, Leslie, for this, and for making prom happen in the first place.
Leslie Knope: Oh, you don't have to thank me. Working for the government is its own reward- Run, Allison, run.
Ron Swanson: You're wasting your time, Leslie. Allison and I already had a good talk about the power of the hard-earned dollar.
Leslie Knope: Don't listen to him. Now, when you pull the rope, don't look at the balloons. Look at the faces of the people as the balloons drop. That's what government is about. Look at the faces.
Ron Swanson: No, look at the cage that is holding all of those balloons. I assembled that cage and was paid for my labor, and I will use the money to buy shelter, fuel, and medicine. Watch the cage.
Leslie Knope: Pull the rope. Watch the faces.
Ron Swanson: Watch the cage.
Leslie Knope: Watch the faces!
Allison: [pulls rope; people cheer]
Leslie Knope: Congratulations, Ron. You've ruined prom. Everybody's having a terrible time. [cheering continues]
Parks and Recreation Quotes
‘Prom’ Quotes
Quote from Tom
Ben: All right, let's go over our set list.
Tom: Set list? No need.
Ben: So, what, you're just gonna put your iPod on shuffle?
Tom: No, but I could. You want to know why?
Ben: [sighs] Because every single song you own is a banger?
[aside to camera:]
Tom: Every song I download has to pass a series of rigorous tests to answer one simple question: Is it a banger? How many beats per minute? How many drops? How dope are the drops? Were any acoustic instruments used? If so, it is not a banger. I once accidentally downloaded a Lumineers song. I had to throw away my whole computer just to be safe.
Quote from Ron Swanson
Ron Swanson: Allison's father owns the hardware store I've been going to since before Allison was even born. What brings you to the festering putrid stink hole on the armpit of freedom?
Allison: Um, Leslie was just telling me about your summer internship, and I was thinking about taking it.
Ron Swanson: [laughs] Oh, no, no, no, no. No. I respect your father too much to let his daughter work for free for the government. Why don't you get a paying job for the summer?
Leslie Knope: Why don't you shut your mustache?
Quote from Ron Swanson
Ron Swanson: [aside to camera] I attended prom with Susan Hofler. Picked her up in my truck, we slow-danced to a Merle Haggard song, and then I left early to go to my shift at the quarry. I was 12 years old. Never went again. Felt like I had outgrown it.