Andy: I never understood the term "elbow grease." I guess it's not really grease. Just hard work. Oh, hey, Ron. Nice, shiny shoes you got there.
Ron Swanson: Oh, hey. I was just... I think... Oh, no. Shoot. Actually, it looks like I scuffed this one.
Andy: Do you need your money back, Ron? Because I already spent it.
Ron Swanson: Really? How did... Never mind. I think I'll just take another full polish. Can I cut in line again?
[aside to camera:]
Andy: I feel right at home as a shoe shiner. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it really, really well.

Leslie Knope: Okay! Let's get going with the spirit of Pawnee. Ann, you go first.
Andy: Okay. Um... Okay. Well, since it's the Parks Department, I thought I would design a pretty park. With dogs playing. And I can't really draw, so I just cut some stuff out of a magazine.
Tom: That looks like something a death row convict would make in art therapy.
Ann: Dude, I tried.
Tom: And you failed.
Ann: It's dogs and people playing in a park. It's cute.
Tom: It's okay, sweetheart. You can't make art, because you are art. You're beautiful. But that sucks.

Leslie Knope: I didn't know he was from Indiana.
Ann: Yeah, you know, I read that he was.
Leslie Knope: Oh. Do you think he's the best choice for Jesus? I mean, he was great on ER.
Tom: Greg Kinnear wasn't in ER.
Leslie Knope: Yeah, he was.
Ann: I don't think that he was.
Leslie Knope: Who am I thinking of?

Leslie Knope: When we started this, we were six different voices with six ideas for a mural. And then those six voices came together as a team. There are no losers today. But there is one winner, us. The Parks Department. Tom, the results of the vote, please.
Tom: One-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one.
Leslie Knope: We all voted for ourselves, didn't we? Yeah. Okay.l

Leslie Knope: Brendanawicz! We need you for something.
Mark: Can it wait? I am so swamped here.
Leslie Knope: Ann's in trouble. We think it might be pills.
Mark: What?
Leslie Knope: No. That's a lie. But this is just as important. We need you to look at a piece of art.

Leslie Knope: You have to save us. You have to design something.
Mark: Leslie, I'm not an artist.
Leslie Knope: Yes, you are. I've seen you sketch things.
Mark: Uh, yeah, like poles for stop signs.
Leslie Knope: That everybody stops and looks at.
Mark: By law, Leslie. They're required to.

Tom: This is garbage. We've got to go back to the shapes.
April: No. This is boring. We got to go back to the garbage.
Ann: I would take the shapes over this. I mean, come on.
Donna: I wouldn't take the shapes over anything. I'd take Jerry's murinal over this.

Leslie Knope: No, guys. This is the one.
Tom: What?
Leslie Knope: Sorry. Mark's right.
Tom: This is an outrage. Mark's not even in the department.
Mark: Right. Neither is Ann.
Tom: But Ann's hot. And that counts for something.

April: Whatever happened to, "We're the Parks Department! Rah-rah-rah! "Down with the Sewage Department!"
Ann: Yeah, we spent all day here for no reason.
Leslie Knope: We have a reason. We're going to win. That's our reason. Our designs are not going to win. Mark's might win. How great would it be if we won, you guys? You'll feel a lot better, I promise you, after you win. We're going with this one. All right. I'll see you at the presentation tomorrow. That is an order, team. Go team! Team dismissed.
[aside to camera:]
Leslie Knope: Yes, we are a team. But I am the team leader. So, I made a bold decision. We're playing it safe.

Ron Swanson: [aside to camera] No. I haven't been back. I wish him good luck in his business. And yes, I will absolutely go back to get my shoes shined soon. I don't, frankly, see why this is a topic for discussion.