Dwight K. Schrute Quote #130
Quote from Dwight K. Schrute in Dwight's Speech
Michael Scott: All right, Dwight Schrute, everyone. Good luck, that is a tough crowd.
Dwight K. Schrute: [breathing heavily, clearing throat, pounding the podium with his fists] Blood alone moves the wheels of history! Have you ever asked yourselves in an hour of meditation, which everyone finds during the day, how long we have been striving for greatness? [pounds podium] Not only the years we've been at war, the war of work, but from the moment, as a child, when we realized that the world could be conquered. It has been a lifetime struggle, [pounds] a never-ending fight! I say to you, [pounds] and you will understand, that it is a privilege to fight! [applause] We are warriors! Salesmen of Northeastern Pennsylvania, I ask you [pounds], once more rise and be worthy of this historical hour! [laughs] Yeah! Yeah!
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Quote from Dwight K. Schrute
Dwight K. Schrute: No revolution is worth anything unless it can [pounds the podium] defend [pounds] itself! Some people will tell you "salesman" is a bad word. They'll conjure up images of used car dealers and door-to-door charlatans. This is our duty to change their perception. I say, salesmen and women of the world, unite! We must never acquiesce, for it is together- Together that we prevail! We must never cede control of the motherland! For it is...
All: Together that we prevail!
[As Dwight receives a standing ovation, he repeatedly pounds the podium with his fist]
Quote from Kelly
Kelly: This is karma because of what he did to Jennifer Aniston.
Quote from Jim
Jim: You know, I majored in Public Speaking in college.
Dwight K. Schrute: You did?
Jim: Mmm-hmm. And the first thing that they teach you is that you've gotta be true to yourself. And you are all about authority.
Dwight K. Schrute: Yes. I am.
Jim: The great speakers throughout history were not joke tellers, they were people of passion. So, if you wanna do well today, you gotta do what they did.
Dwight K. Schrute: Which is?
Jim: You've gotta wave your arms, and you've gotta pound your fists many times. You're supposed to emphasize your point.
[aside to camera:]
Jim: Okay, I didn't actually major in Public Speaking. But I did download speeches from some of history's famous dictators. Like this one, originally given by Benito Mussolini.