Sports Night Quotes
Isaac: Danny, I need to talk to you.
Dan: Good, 'cause I need to talk to you too. Who should go first?
Isaac: Since I don't really care what you have to say, I think it should be me.
Dan: Good, 'cause I need to talk to you too. Who should go first?
Isaac: Since I don't really care what you have to say, I think it should be me.
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Isaac: Exaudio, comperio, conloquor. That's a Latin phrase that translates "To listen, to learn, to speak." Those words are carved into the stone arches that form the entrance to the undergraduate library at Tennessee Western University. This afternoon, an extraordinary young man named Roland Shepard made what had to have been an excrutiating decision. He said he wasn't playing football under a Confederate flag. Six of his teammates then chose not to let Shepard stand alone. And I choose to join them at this moment. In the history of the South, there's much to celebrate. And that flag is a desecration of all of it. It's a banner of hatred and separation. It's a banner of ignorance and violence and a war that pitted brother against brother, and to ask young black men and women, young Jewish men and women, Asians, Native Americans, to ask Americans to walk beneath its shadow is a humiliation of irreducable proportions. And we all know it. Tennessee Western has produced some outstanding alumni in the past hundred years. People of wisdom and vision. Strength and compassion. One of them is Luther Sachs. Luther Sachs owns Continental Corp. Which owns the Continental Sports Channel, which you're watching right now. Luther Sachs is a generous alumni contributer to Tennessee Western, with a considerable influance over it's chancellor, Davis Blake, and it's board of trustees. Luther, you've got a phone call to make. You've go tot call Chancellor Blake, and tell him to take down that flag, or he can stop looking for your checks in the mail. You've got to put these young men back in a classroom. And I mean pronto. These boys are gonna make you proud one day, Luther. I challenge you to do the right thing. Not an unreasonable request to make of a man, who's alma mater declares, "Exaudio, comperio, conloquor." "To listen, to learn, to speak." In the meantime, God go with you, Roland Shepard, and you six Southern gentlemen of Tennessee. God's not done with any of you
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Dan: You could be having sex with Yoko Ono right now.
Casey: Please don't ever say that again.
Casey: Please don't ever say that again.
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Sally: As we speak, one of your LC-Wire frames is misprocessing data while two of your associate producers stand over the monitor attempting to have phone sex.
Isaac: Please don't tell me which two.
Isaac: Please don't tell me which two.
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Dana: You think at a certain point during the evening you'll say something wonderful to me and I'll melt and that'll teach me for going out with Gordon instead of you.
Casey: I'll settle for you spilling something on yourself.
Casey: I'll settle for you spilling something on yourself.
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Natalie: You want to leave the room?
Jeremy: No!
Natalie: Then allow for the possibility that from time to time other people might be at least as smart as you are.
Jeremy: No!
Natalie: Then allow for the possibility that from time to time other people might be at least as smart as you are.
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Dan: So, I'm gonna try telling you this story one more time.
Casey: Can I just make a suggestion?
Dan: Sure.
Casey: What if, instead of you telling me this story again right this second, you never tell me this story ever?
Casey: Can I just make a suggestion?
Dan: Sure.
Casey: What if, instead of you telling me this story again right this second, you never tell me this story ever?
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Dana: Wow.
Casey: Wow what?
Dana: Those cars are going fast.
Casey: Yeah, they're going as fast as they can because the first one across the finish line gets a trophy and a check.
Dana: Like a race?
Casey: Right.
Casey: Wow what?
Dana: Those cars are going fast.
Casey: Yeah, they're going as fast as they can because the first one across the finish line gets a trophy and a check.
Dana: Like a race?
Casey: Right.
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Casey: "A neighbourhood park all covered with cheese"?
Dan: I say cheese?
Casey: You said cheese.
Dan: Dana, did I say "park all covered with cheese"?
Dana: There's a consensus, yes.
Dan: What are you lookin' at?
Casey: I'm here for you, man.
Dan: Let me fix it when we come back.
Dana: Fix it when we get back.
Casey: Are we sure it's wrong? Are we sure the park isn't all covered with cheese?
Dan: It's covered with trees; now shut up.
Casey: I was just about to change my mind and recommend you.
Dan: Really?
Casey: No.
Dan: Dana, Casey's being mean to me.
Dana: Casey, be nice to Dan.
Casey: "Sophomore sensation credits her agility and quick first steps to her father, who used to take her to a neighbourhood park all covered with cheese." Dana, we got all kinds of sentence construction here. I think he's gonna have to explain that it's the park that's covered with cheese and not the father.
Dan: This is an unforgiving room.
Dan: I say cheese?
Casey: You said cheese.
Dan: Dana, did I say "park all covered with cheese"?
Dana: There's a consensus, yes.
Dan: What are you lookin' at?
Casey: I'm here for you, man.
Dan: Let me fix it when we come back.
Dana: Fix it when we get back.
Casey: Are we sure it's wrong? Are we sure the park isn't all covered with cheese?
Dan: It's covered with trees; now shut up.
Casey: I was just about to change my mind and recommend you.
Dan: Really?
Casey: No.
Dan: Dana, Casey's being mean to me.
Dana: Casey, be nice to Dan.
Casey: "Sophomore sensation credits her agility and quick first steps to her father, who used to take her to a neighbourhood park all covered with cheese." Dana, we got all kinds of sentence construction here. I think he's gonna have to explain that it's the park that's covered with cheese and not the father.
Dan: This is an unforgiving room.
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Casey: I gather it went well.
Dan: You know sometimes it's worth it, taking all the pies in the face. Sometimes you come through it feeling good.
Casey: Yes.
Dan: And how was your day?
Casey: Sometimes you just stand there, hip deep in pie.
Dan: You know sometimes it's worth it, taking all the pies in the face. Sometimes you come through it feeling good.
Casey: Yes.
Dan: And how was your day?
Casey: Sometimes you just stand there, hip deep in pie.
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Dan: You're nineteen feet tall. Why are you wearing heels?
Sally: Are you feeling diminuitive?
Dan: No, but now I have to go look up that word.
Sally: Are you feeling diminuitive?
Dan: No, but now I have to go look up that word.
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Jeremy: Number two, I'm Jewish. And her family is, you know, incredibly not. Which isn't by the way any sort of a problem for me but I do think it might be a problem for them. Because after all there are those who think I killed their Lord Jesus Christ. Not me directly, mind you. I didn't drive the get away car or anything.
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Dan: Casey.
Casey: I'll tell you what the problem is here.
Dan: No provolone cheese?
Casey: No provolone.
Dan: You're saying you don't want to talk about it.
Casey: I'm saying I'd like, just once, for there to be provolone.
Dan: Is this one of those times when you say you don't want to talk about it, but you really do?
Casey: No, but it's shaping up to be one of those times when I say I don't want to talk about it but we end up talking about it anyway.
Casey: I'll tell you what the problem is here.
Dan: No provolone cheese?
Casey: No provolone.
Dan: You're saying you don't want to talk about it.
Casey: I'm saying I'd like, just once, for there to be provolone.
Dan: Is this one of those times when you say you don't want to talk about it, but you really do?
Casey: No, but it's shaping up to be one of those times when I say I don't want to talk about it but we end up talking about it anyway.
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Dan: Hey Sally, you must've slept with this guy Fedrigotti. How long you think he can keep at this?
Sally: I was just thinking, it's been such a long time since Dan said something charming to me, and then there it was.
Sally: I was just thinking, it's been such a long time since Dan said something charming to me, and then there it was.
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Dan: Did Orlando Rojas pitch this afternoon?
Casey: I do not know.
Dan: You don't know?
Casey: I do not.
Dan: Natalie, did Orlando Rojas pitch this afternoon?
Natalie: That's a good question.
Dan: Thank you very much. Did he pitch this afternoon?
Natalie: I do not know.
Dan: Thank God none of us work in sports.
Casey: I do not know.
Dan: You don't know?
Casey: I do not.
Dan: Natalie, did Orlando Rojas pitch this afternoon?
Natalie: That's a good question.
Dan: Thank you very much. Did he pitch this afternoon?
Natalie: I do not know.
Dan: Thank God none of us work in sports.
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Dana: : Listen, Isaac's gonna want to show us pictures from his vacation, so I'm gonna get a "welcome back" cake and we'll have a little party in his office tomorrow.
Casey: What kind of cake?
Dana: What kind of cake?
Casey: Yes.
Dana: I don't know, Casey, why do you ask?
Casey: I'm particular about cake. And I have to say, it's been my experience that men buy better cake than women. I've found that women tend to get these yogurt-frosted low-cal things laced with a rum and fruit concoction that make eating cake into something you do to be polite. So that's why I was asking what kind of cake you were planning on getting to celebrate Isaac returning from vacation.
Dana: Wow. I didn't know you felt so strongly about it. But now that I do, I guess the answer is "whatever cake I damn please."
Casey: Excellent.
Casey: What kind of cake?
Dana: What kind of cake?
Casey: Yes.
Dana: I don't know, Casey, why do you ask?
Casey: I'm particular about cake. And I have to say, it's been my experience that men buy better cake than women. I've found that women tend to get these yogurt-frosted low-cal things laced with a rum and fruit concoction that make eating cake into something you do to be polite. So that's why I was asking what kind of cake you were planning on getting to celebrate Isaac returning from vacation.
Dana: Wow. I didn't know you felt so strongly about it. But now that I do, I guess the answer is "whatever cake I damn please."
Casey: Excellent.
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Dana: You're damn right there's an economy of language. I got the job done in two words. And I think... I can make another cut! Yes. We don't need "back"! We can cut the "back".
Jeremy: Cut the "back"?
Dana: Yes.
Jeremy: And have it just say "Welcome"?
Dana: Yes.
Casey: "Welcome"?
Dana: Do you have a problem with that?
Jeremy: He'll think he just cleared Customs.
Jeremy: Cut the "back"?
Dana: Yes.
Jeremy: And have it just say "Welcome"?
Dana: Yes.
Casey: "Welcome"?
Dana: Do you have a problem with that?
Jeremy: He'll think he just cleared Customs.
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Casey: Is there anyone who can say anything that will make us feel like the smart thing to do is to stay in this building right now?
Dana: In ten minutes, three and a half million people will tune in to watch the two of you on television. Many of them will be women.
Dana: In ten minutes, three and a half million people will tune in to watch the two of you on television. Many of them will be women.
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Dan: Well, if you've got some calm people and you want to make them upset, I say we're the guys to do it!
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Dana: There are three things that I'm doing. I'm losing things, I'm forgetting things... and there's the third one.
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Jeremy: There are countries other than ours.
Dana: Yes, there is, for instance, Belgium, to name the one.
Dana: Yes, there is, for instance, Belgium, to name the one.
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Dan: Alyson, as you can see, Casey and I aren't wearing any pants, so I think in the interest of office professionalism you should avert your eyes.
Alyson: Okay.
Dan: Either that or take off your pants.
Alyson: I'll avert my eyes.
Casey: Suit yourself, but you should know I play squash three times a week and my calves have been called shapely.
Dan: Casey?
Casey: Yeah?
Dan: Who's been calling your calves shapely?
Casey: My mom.
Dan: Okay. Don't talk to me for the rest of the show.
Alyson: Okay.
Dan: Either that or take off your pants.
Alyson: I'll avert my eyes.
Casey: Suit yourself, but you should know I play squash three times a week and my calves have been called shapely.
Dan: Casey?
Casey: Yeah?
Dan: Who's been calling your calves shapely?
Casey: My mom.
Dan: Okay. Don't talk to me for the rest of the show.
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Dan: Why is it wrong to tell her, huh?
Casey: Doesn't seem very manly, does it?
Dan: [sulkily] I'll do it in a deep voice.
Casey: Doesn't seem very manly, does it?
Dan: [sulkily] I'll do it in a deep voice.
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Casey: Try not to traumatize the new nanny.
Dan: Why would I traumatize the new nanny?
Casey: I don't know, but you always do.
Dan: I like nannies.
Casey: I know.
Dan: I'm thinking of getting one for myself.
Casey: Good.
Dan: 'Course, she'd probably end up going back to her ex-husband.
Dan: Why would I traumatize the new nanny?
Casey: I don't know, but you always do.
Dan: I like nannies.
Casey: I know.
Dan: I'm thinking of getting one for myself.
Casey: Good.
Dan: 'Course, she'd probably end up going back to her ex-husband.
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Jeremy: Dana, do you have the first idea how to operate any of this equipment?
Dana: This is called an owner's manual, my friend, and I've read it cover to cover.
Jeremy: I've read Doctor Zhivago cover to cover, it doesn't make me the Czar.
Dana: This is called an owner's manual, my friend, and I've read it cover to cover.
Jeremy: I've read Doctor Zhivago cover to cover, it doesn't make me the Czar.
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Dan: Isaac, you can't work full-time.
Isaac: I have to.
Dan: Why?
Isaac: Because they pay me to.
Dan: You had a stroke.
Isaac: Is that what that was?
Dan: Yes!
Isaac: I thought it was bad swordfish!
Isaac: I have to.
Dan: Why?
Isaac: Because they pay me to.
Dan: You had a stroke.
Isaac: Is that what that was?
Dan: Yes!
Isaac: I thought it was bad swordfish!
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Jeremy: I deem that the fight is officially over.
Natalie: Excellent. I deem I'm coming to bed in your tuxedo shirt, high heels and nothing else.
Jeremy: Excellent.
Natalie: Tell me women don't have special powers!
Natalie: Excellent. I deem I'm coming to bed in your tuxedo shirt, high heels and nothing else.
Jeremy: Excellent.
Natalie: Tell me women don't have special powers!
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Dan: Hillary Clinton thinks I'm an idiot!
Casey: Either that or a religious bigot.
Dan: I went to an Ivy League school, Casey.
Casey: Proud day for Dartmouth, Dan.
Dan: I made an idiot out of myself in front of Hillary Clinton!
Casey: Yeah, but at least you had to spend a thousand bucks to do it.
Casey: Either that or a religious bigot.
Dan: I went to an Ivy League school, Casey.
Casey: Proud day for Dartmouth, Dan.
Dan: I made an idiot out of myself in front of Hillary Clinton!
Casey: Yeah, but at least you had to spend a thousand bucks to do it.
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Casey: I'm known in some parts for my first date. In certain parts I have a rep. There's such a thing as street cred, Dan.
Dan: Listen to this.
Casey: Tell them about my street cred.
Dan: Haha, seriously.
Casey: Tell them about my rep.
Dan: You don't have a rep, you don't have street cred. Your last date was 14 years ago and you ended up with marriage and a divorce.
Casey: In some parts.
Dan: There are no parts.
Dan: Listen to this.
Casey: Tell them about my street cred.
Dan: Haha, seriously.
Casey: Tell them about my rep.
Dan: You don't have a rep, you don't have street cred. Your last date was 14 years ago and you ended up with marriage and a divorce.
Casey: In some parts.
Dan: There are no parts.
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