Don’t get officious. You’re not yourself when you’re officious. That…

Don’t get officious. You’re not yourself when you’re officious. That is the curse of a government job.

Maude

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Ah, me. Free as a bird. You know, at one time I used to break into pet shops and liberate the canaries, but I decided that was an idea way before its time. Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing. Ah, my. How the world still dearly loves a cage. - View Quote Details on Ah, me. Free as a bird. You know, at one…
Grab the shovel, Harold. - View Quote Details on Grab the shovel, Harold.
I haven’t lived. [beat] I’ve died a few times. - View Quote Details on I haven’t lived. [beat] I’ve died a few times.
Well if some people get upset because they feel they have a hold on somethings. I’m just acting as a gentle reminder, here today, gone tomorrow so don’t get attached to things. Now with that in mind I don’t mind collecting things. I’ve collected quite a lot of stuff in my time. Yeah, this is all memorabilia — but it’s incidental, not integral, if you know what I mean. - View Quote Details on Well if some people get upset because they feel they…
Do you enjoy knives? - View Quote Details on Do you enjoy knives?
[to a police officer after they find her car parked on the street] Turn the radio off, it saves battery. - View Quote Details on [to a police officer after they find her car parked...
I'll never understand this mania for black. Nobody sends black flowers, do they? Black flowers are dead flowers. Who sends dead flowers to a funeral? It's absurd. - View Quote Details on I'll never understand this mania for black. Nobody sends black...
I suppose you think that’s very funny, Harold. - View Quote Details on I suppose you think that’s very funny, Harold.
[A flock of sea gulls fly across the sky] Dreyfus once wrote from Devil’s Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only been sea gulls… For me they will always be — glorious birds. - View Quote Details on [A flock of sea gulls fly across the sky] Dreyfus…
A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They’re just backing away from life. Reach out. Take a chance. Get hurt even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an “L”. Give me an “I”. Give me a “V”. Give me an “E”. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room. - View Quote Details on A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are…