Michael Scott Quote #19
Quote from Michael Scott in Pilot
Michael Scott: As you know, there is going to be downsizing. And you have made my life so much easier in that I am going to have to let you go first.
Pam: What? Why?
Michael Scott: Why? Well, theft and stealing.
Pam: Stealing? Um, what am I supposed to have stolen?
Michael Scott: Post-it Notes.
Pam: Post-it Notes? What are those worth, like, 50 cents?
Michael Scott: 50 cents. Yeah. If you steal a thousand Post-it Notes at 50 cents a piece, you know, you've made a profit... margin. You're gonna run us out of business, Pam.
Pam: Are you serious?
Michael Scott: Yeah. I am.
Pam: I can't believe this. I mean, I have never even stolen as much as a paperclip and now you're firing me.
Michael Scott: The best thing about it is that we're not going to have to give you any severance pay. Because that is gross misconduct. And, uh, just clean out your desk. I'm sorry.
[Pam starts sobbing]
Michael Scott: You been X'd, punk! Surprise! It's a joke. We were joking around. See? OK. He was in on it. He was my accomplice. [Ryan shakes his head] And it was just kind of a morale booster thing. And we were showing the new guy around, giving him the feel of the place. So you- God, we totally got you.
Pam: You're a jerk.
Michael Scott: I don't know about that.
The Office Quotes
‘Pilot’ Quotes
Quote from Michael Scott
Michael Scott: Am I going to tell them? No, I'm not going to tell them. I don't see the point of that. As a doctor, you would not tell a patient if they had cancer.
Quote from Michael Scott
Michael Scott: What is the most important thing for a company? Is it the cash flow? Is it the inventory? Nuh-uh.
It's the people. The people. My proudest moment here was not when I increased profits by 17% or when I cut expenses without losing a single employee. No, no, no, no, no. It was a young Guatemalan guy. First job in the country, barely spoke English. He came to me, and said, "Mr. Scott, would you be the godfather of my child?" Wow. Wow. ... Didn't work out in the end. We had to let him go. He sucked.
Quote from Michael Scott
Michael Scott: I think I'm a role model here. I think I garner people's respect. The people I respect, heroes of mine, would be Bob Hope... Um... Abraham Lincoln, definitely. Bono. Uh, and probably God, would be the fourth one. And I- I just think all those people really helped the world in so many ways that it's, um, really beyond words. It's really incalculable.