TV Quote of the Week

Like sewage and smartphones and Donald Trump, some things are just inevitable.
--Peter Capaldi, Doctor Who (The Second Series), “The Doctor Falls”

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What a model parent you've been! You loved your creature so long as it was pretty but when it lost its looks, Hah! That was another matter! So much for your dainty conscience.
--James Mason, Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)

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Big Brother may be watching, but he certainly knows how to make good TV.
--Stephen Fry, Bones, “The Final Chapter: The Steel in the Wheels”

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One is liable to hear almost anything on television these days, Lieutenant, none of it necessarily true.
--William Shatner, Columbo, “Butterfly in Shades of Grey”

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What do you think is so bad about "girl?" I'm a girl, and your boss, and powerful, and rich, and hot, and smart. So if you perceive "Supergirl" as anything less than excellent, isn't the real problem you?
--Calista Flockhart, Supergirl, “Pilot”

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You know, dear lady, studying mythology is like studying literature. It’s all fiction. The difference is mythology is a lot more fun.
--Peter Cellier, She-Wolf of London, “What’s Got Into Them?”

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To paint what you actually see, you must first discover who you actually are.
--Bradford Dillman, Night Gallery, "Pickman's Model"

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Look, if you separate yourself from the ones you love, the monster wins.
--David Boreanaz, Angel, "Unleashed"

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Spectral figures are not often known to leave fingerprints. Casper never did.
--David Duchovny, The X-Files, “Kaddish”

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Here we go with the Catholics again. You know what? I don’t wanna hear about the pope’s hat…again. Okay?
--David Boreanaz, Bones, “The Plain in the Prodigy”

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Hmm. It would be nice if we could prepare for the future instead of trying to clean up after the past.
--John Nolan, Person of Interest, “A House Divided”

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You know what's wrong with karate Jerry? It's based on the ridiculous assumption that the other guy will fight fair.
--James Garner, The Rockford Files, "Backlash of the Hunter"

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There is a place for tradition, Hassan, but we must learn to live in this world as neighbors. We can not be blind to the changes happening all around us.
--Barry Robins, Columbo, “A Case of Immunity”

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Well, with the obvious exception of yours, the human brain is a massively powerful creature. Underestimating it is usually the last mistake any culture makes.
--Fran Kranz, Dollhouse, “Epitaph One”

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I've had a lot of people talking at me the last few days. Everyone just lining up to tell me how unimportant I am. And I've finally figured out why. Power. I have it. They don't. This bothers them.
--Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Checkpoint”

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America really thought they had it dialed in, money hanging out the butt. But it was all just a bunch of ones and zeros in a computer someplace. So, when that bomb went ka-blooey and the electromagnetic pulse turned all the ones and zeros into plain old zeros, everyone's like, "No way!" Now, America's just another broke ex-super power looking for a handout and wondering why.
--Jessica Alba, Dark Angel, "Pilot"

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There’s one thing I learned, Lieutenant, is that we all have a cross to bear. Including those of us who seem most fortunate. My problem is just the opposite. Born smart, as they say. A blessing, you’d think. I had no real childhood, I was an imitation adult, because that’s what was expected of me. Most people don’t like smart people. Most children despise smart children. So early on I had to hide my so-called gift and conceal it from my own brothers and sisters, my classmates, in the service. Painful. Lonely years.
--Theodore Bikel, Columbo, The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case"

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Nothing solves everything forever like a wedding.
--Julia Kavner, The Simpsons, "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh"

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But, if you remember nothing else, then please remember this. Chess is just a game. Real people aren't pieces. You can't assign more value to some of them than to others. Not to me. Not to anyone. People are not a thing that you can sacrifice. The lesson is... that anyone who looks on the world as if it was a game a chess deserves to lose.
--Michael Emerson, Person of Interest, "If-Then-Else"

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My body fascinates him because it's so old. You'd think it would repel him, wouldn't you?
--Siân Phillips, I, Claudius, "Queen of Heaven"