Arrested Development quotes
177 total quotesMichael: We've got a picture of you with Saddam Hussein.
George, Sr.: I thought, I thought that was the guy who played the Soup Nazi. I told him how much I liked his work.
George, Sr.: I thought, I thought that was the guy who played the Soup Nazi. I told him how much I liked his work.
Michael: Well, I better get over there before he brings the whole company down.
Lindsay: It's only been three hours. How much damage could he really do?
Narrator: In three hours, Gob had done $45,000 in damage.
Lindsay: It's only been three hours. How much damage could he really do?
Narrator: In three hours, Gob had done $45,000 in damage.
Michael: What have we always said is the most important thing?
George Michael: Breakfast!
Michael: ....no. family.
George Michael: Oh right! I thought you meant in the things you eat.
George Michael: Breakfast!
Michael: ....no. family.
George Michael: Oh right! I thought you meant in the things you eat.
Michael: You knew the whole time, didn't you?
George Michael: Well, sort of. One of the Hot Cops is my choir teacher.
George Michael: Well, sort of. One of the Hot Cops is my choir teacher.
Michael: You're just jumping right into this, huh?
Buster: That's what you do when life hands you a chance to be with someone special. You just grab that brownish area by its points and you don't let go no matter what your mom says.
Buster: That's what you do when life hands you a chance to be with someone special. You just grab that brownish area by its points and you don't let go no matter what your mom says.
Michael: You've got to be the laziest person in the world.
Lindsay: If you weren't all the way on the other side of the room, I'd slap your face.
Lindsay: If you weren't all the way on the other side of the room, I'd slap your face.
Narrator: As a child, Buster had a beloved parakeet. But after landing on his mother's housekeeper's head, it flew away. And into a transformer. When Buster found out, he destroyed the family's kitchen, believing this to be where Rosa lived.
Narrator: Buster was finding himself right at home.
Buster: Oh, my God! I used to have a shirt just like that.
Narrator: It was Buster's old shirt. Lucille had given it to Lupe.
Buster: And the hand chair! I had one in my room! I wonder where that went.
Narrator: It went right there.
Buster: [touching his hand chair] I'd never thought I'd miss a hand so much.
Buster: Oh, my God! I used to have a shirt just like that.
Narrator: It was Buster's old shirt. Lucille had given it to Lupe.
Buster: And the hand chair! I had one in my room! I wonder where that went.
Narrator: It went right there.
Buster: [touching his hand chair] I'd never thought I'd miss a hand so much.
Narrator: Gob had hidden his father under a house that had just collapsed.
Gob: [Seeing George Michael and Maeby] Children - you're small. Crawl under there.
Season 3
Gob: [Seeing George Michael and Maeby] Children - you're small. Crawl under there.
Season 3
Narrator: Michael did try again with Rita, but this time determined to keep no secrets.
Michael: I want to tell you everything if... if you're willing to listen.
Rita: I'm a very good listener.
Michael: Great. Start with the misdemeanors and then, we're gonna' push right on through to the lighter treasons. So, 1983...
Michael: I want to tell you everything if... if you're willing to listen.
Rita: I'm a very good listener.
Michael: Great. Start with the misdemeanors and then, we're gonna' push right on through to the lighter treasons. So, 1983...
Narrator: On the next Arrested Development, Tobias listens to a day's worth of his own recordings to see what Michael was referring to.
Tobias: [on tape] Even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up!
Tobias: Nothing wrong with that.
Tobias: [on tape] I've been in the film business for a while but I just cant seem to get one in the can.
Tobias: That's out of context...
Tobias: [on tape] I wouldn't mind kissing that man between the cheeks.
Narrator: And he realizes there is something distinct about the way he speaks.
Tobias: Tobias... you blow hard! [chuckles]
Tobias: [on tape] Even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up!
Tobias: Nothing wrong with that.
Tobias: [on tape] I've been in the film business for a while but I just cant seem to get one in the can.
Tobias: That's out of context...
Tobias: [on tape] I wouldn't mind kissing that man between the cheeks.
Narrator: And he realizes there is something distinct about the way he speaks.
Tobias: Tobias... you blow hard! [chuckles]
Narrator: Then, mistaking a group of garishly dressed men for pirates, Tobias boarded a van full of homosexuals.
Narrator: Tobias had intended to park the family's only vehicle at the airport parking lot, but was waved onto the tarmac instead, where he found a spot close to his gate.
Narrator: Tobias went to a try-out for the Blue Man Group hoping to be seen.
[Tobias gets hit by a car]
Narrator: Unfortunately, it was dusk, and he couldn't be seen.
[Tobias gets hit by a car]
Narrator: Unfortunately, it was dusk, and he couldn't be seen.
Oscar: God willing, he'll fail boot camp.
Michael: Well, why wouldn't he? He already failed day camp.
Michael: Well, why wouldn't he? He already failed day camp.