Leslie Knope Quote #86
Quote from Leslie Knope in The Banquet
Leslie Knope: Okay, well, apparently Restrepo was trying to blow us off, so my mom has a plan. We're gonna twist her arm a little bit. She's trying to cover up for the fact that she has a husband who likes to vroom-vroom-vroom-vroom and glug-glug-glug-glug-glug.
Ann: So you're gonna blackmail her?
Leslie Knope: No, I'm just gonna get tough with her, Tellenson-style.
Ann: That doesn't sound tough to me, that sounds slimy. It sounds like your mom's telling you to be slimy.
Leslie Knope: Ann, you don't understand politics. Look, nursing is easy.
Ann: Really?
Leslie Knope: Yeah. You just go to work, and people come in, and you heal them. But politics is different, you know? Sometimes you have to bring the pain. You can't let yourself get taken advantage of.
Ann: I think your mom's giving you bad advice. I don't think so. You just do everything your mom tells you to do?
Leslie Knope: You just do everything your boyfriend tells you to do? Make any pancakes lately?
Ann: He has two broken legs.
Leslie Knope: Yeah, and he's got three crutches. And one of them is you! And the other two are crutches.
Ann: You know, I don't need to be here.
Frank Schnable: It's okay. You're allowed to fight. You two are just like everyone else.
Leslie Knope: Thank you, former Councilman Schnable.
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.