Sports Night Quotes
Dan: I have gifts for you.
Dana: That wasn't necessary.
Dan: I think it was. You once took a trip to Napa and you visited a small vineyard there. You told me you tried some wine that you loved and could never find it anywhere. I thought I remembered the name but I wasn't sure. Is this it?
Dana: [surprised] Yes.
Dan: Good! I always like wine with cheese.
Dana: I know.
Dan: I wanted to get you some cheese. There's a great cheese place over on Second Avenue. I went over there after I got the wine but it's gone... there's a hardware store there now.
Dana: That's okay.
Dan: I got you some spackle.
Dana: That wasn't necessary.
Dan: I think it was. You once took a trip to Napa and you visited a small vineyard there. You told me you tried some wine that you loved and could never find it anywhere. I thought I remembered the name but I wasn't sure. Is this it?
Dana: [surprised] Yes.
Dan: Good! I always like wine with cheese.
Dana: I know.
Dan: I wanted to get you some cheese. There's a great cheese place over on Second Avenue. I went over there after I got the wine but it's gone... there's a hardware store there now.
Dana: That's okay.
Dan: I got you some spackle.
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Isaac: Just because we didn't execute all the network's suggestions, doesn't mean we weren't listening, it just means we didn't agree. You didn't expect me to substitute your judgement for mine, did you, J.J.?
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Sam: I've noticed you people have an ability to chatter at someone with energy and enthusiasm regardless of whether they seem interested or not.
Dan: And that's not just on camera.
Dan: And that's not just on camera.
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Natalie: Hello.
Jeremy: Aaah!
Natalie: Did I scare you?
Jeremy: No.
Natalie: Why did you yell?
Jeremy: I meant to say "hi."
Natalie: What happened?
Jeremy: I misspoke?
Jeremy: Aaah!
Natalie: Did I scare you?
Jeremy: No.
Natalie: Why did you yell?
Jeremy: I meant to say "hi."
Natalie: What happened?
Jeremy: I misspoke?
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Dana: There's no question that there's a way to look at this where... it's my fault.
Jeremy: What's another way to look at it?
Dana: There's no other way to look at it.
Jeremy: What's another way to look at it?
Dana: There's no other way to look at it.
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Dan: Good evening from New York City. I'm Dan Rydell alongside Casey McCall. Those stories plus Luciano Pavarotti shocks the track world by running the 100 meters in 6 seconds, my mother hits for the cycle, and Martina Hingis sings selections from No, No, Nanette.
Casey: You're watching Sports Night on CSC.
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Casey: Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute, was 26 for 32 in passing...
Casey: You're watching Sports Night on CSC.
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Casey: Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute, was 26 for 32 in passing...
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Isaac: How do you think Dana would feel about it?
Casey: Dana?
Isaac: Yeah.
Casey: Ah, who knows with Dana. One day she's up, another day she's down. That's girl's nuttier than a squirrel's cheeks in October. The point is... she's standing right behind me, right?
Dana: I cannot believe you.
Casey: Wait.
Dana: You went over my head.
Casey: I can explain this.
Dana: How?
Casey: I went over your head.
Dana: Casey!
Casey: Hey, I'm just trying to be courteous, okay? I didn't want to interrupt your dancing.
Dana: And you just sat there?
Isaac: It's my desk!
Casey: Dana?
Isaac: Yeah.
Casey: Ah, who knows with Dana. One day she's up, another day she's down. That's girl's nuttier than a squirrel's cheeks in October. The point is... she's standing right behind me, right?
Dana: I cannot believe you.
Casey: Wait.
Dana: You went over my head.
Casey: I can explain this.
Dana: How?
Casey: I went over your head.
Dana: Casey!
Casey: Hey, I'm just trying to be courteous, okay? I didn't want to interrupt your dancing.
Dana: And you just sat there?
Isaac: It's my desk!
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Abby: Danny, of all the psychological problems you have, and they are myriad, not being able to pronounce Yevgeny Kafelnikov isn't one of them.
Dan: Then why can't I pronounce it?
Abby: Because it's a hard name to pronounce.
Dan: Then why can't I pronounce it?
Abby: Because it's a hard name to pronounce.
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Dana: Stand there. I'm gonna sack you.
Jeremy: Okay, I need just another moment of your time, then you can go back to being crazy.
Jeremy: Okay, I need just another moment of your time, then you can go back to being crazy.
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Dana: My brother can beat up your brother.
Natalie: My brother's a grad student in comparative literature. My mother could beat up my brother.
Natalie: My brother's a grad student in comparative literature. My mother could beat up my brother.
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Natalie: I love you, Danny. You're the best.
Casey: Hang on.
Natalie: What?
Casey: I thought I was the best.
Natalie: Things change.
Casey: Hang on.
Natalie: What?
Casey: I thought I was the best.
Natalie: Things change.
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Dana: Any new word?
Dan: He's still alive if that's what you're asking.
Dana: Oh, man.
Natalie: Dana!
Dana: Hey, you think there's any chance he was gay?
Natalie: Dana!
Dana: It would make a better story.
Natalie: He's on his death bed.
Dana: I am about to make this man the most famous 7th place archer in the history of sports. I think the very least he can do is die in a timely manner... and be gay.
Dan: He's still alive if that's what you're asking.
Dana: Oh, man.
Natalie: Dana!
Dana: Hey, you think there's any chance he was gay?
Natalie: Dana!
Dana: It would make a better story.
Natalie: He's on his death bed.
Dana: I am about to make this man the most famous 7th place archer in the history of sports. I think the very least he can do is die in a timely manner... and be gay.
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Dana: "Momentarily" does not mean "in a moment."
Chris: Here's two dissolving to three.
Dana: It means "for a moment."
Jeremy: Yes.
Dana: That makes me crazy.
Jeremy: We've been wondering what the source was.
Chris: Here's two dissolving to three.
Dana: It means "for a moment."
Jeremy: Yes.
Dana: That makes me crazy.
Jeremy: We've been wondering what the source was.
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Dan: The one that he wanted was you anyway.
Dana: Wanted?
Dan: All this is doing is making him feel a lot less like the man he is, which is why he left Lisa in the first place. I know what he wants, and I gotta say, he's done a pretty good job of going after it, which isn't, like, the most natural thing in the world for Casey to do. And I know what you want, and all I've seen you do is hide behind this psychotic behavior all dressed up as cute. He wanted you, and he told you every possible way he could. You've just been hanging out in the men's room.
Dana: Wanted?
Dan: All this is doing is making him feel a lot less like the man he is, which is why he left Lisa in the first place. I know what he wants, and I gotta say, he's done a pretty good job of going after it, which isn't, like, the most natural thing in the world for Casey to do. And I know what you want, and all I've seen you do is hide behind this psychotic behavior all dressed up as cute. He wanted you, and he told you every possible way he could. You've just been hanging out in the men's room.
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Chuck Kimmel: When it comes to the sweet science I'm not much on predictions, Casey, but I will say this: one of these fighters is gonna win this bout tonight and the other will almost surely not.
Dan: The Cut Man, goin' out on a limb.
Dan: The Cut Man, goin' out on a limb.
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Casey: Who knows more than we do about boxing?
Dan: Boxers.
Casey: Besides them.
Dan: Boxing experts.
Casey: Besides them.
Dan: Boxing fans.
Casey: Besides them.
Dan: No one.
Casey: Damn straight!
Dan: Boxers.
Casey: Besides them.
Dan: Boxing experts.
Casey: Besides them.
Dan: Boxing fans.
Casey: Besides them.
Dan: No one.
Casey: Damn straight!
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Isaac: A famous monk once said, "I don't always know what the right thing to do is, my Lord, but I think that the fact that I want to please you, pleases you."
Casey: But you would have preferred a book of famous monk quotations...
Isaac: No, you put some thought into me. What could be a greater gift?
Casey: I look like an idiot.
Isaac: Added bonus.
Casey: But you would have preferred a book of famous monk quotations...
Isaac: No, you put some thought into me. What could be a greater gift?
Casey: I look like an idiot.
Isaac: Added bonus.
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Natalie: You're letting him make you crazy.
Dana: I'm not letting him make me crazy; I haven't given him permission or anything. He does it all by himself.
Dana: I'm not letting him make me crazy; I haven't given him permission or anything. He does it all by himself.
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[after Casey makes a presentation for his son's class]
Dan: What did you do?
Casey: I did what I do, Dan. I did what I do.
Dan: You screwed up your romantic life in front of fifth-graders?
Dan: What did you do?
Casey: I did what I do, Dan. I did what I do.
Dan: You screwed up your romantic life in front of fifth-graders?
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Dan: You can have my first-born son, just take tomorrow night's show.
Casey: So I'd have to work tomorrow and raise your child?
Casey: So I'd have to work tomorrow and raise your child?
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Casey: This girl named Lillian I just met said I dress like her father.
Dan: You do dress like her father.
Casey: You know Lillian's father?
Dan: I don't have to know Lillian's father.
Casey: You're asking me for a favor and mocking me at the same time?
Dan: You do dress like her father.
Casey: You know Lillian's father?
Dan: I don't have to know Lillian's father.
Casey: You're asking me for a favor and mocking me at the same time?
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Dan: You can't see anything right now, can you?
Casey: No.
Dan: You're just typing gibberish.
Casey: Yes.
Dan: Okay.
Casey: No.
Dan: You're just typing gibberish.
Casey: Yes.
Dan: Okay.
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Casey: I'm a little scared of getting trapped in a fire.
Dan: I understand.
Casey: Would you help me to safety?
Dan: If there wasn't anything else better to do.
Casey: Like what?
Dan: Save myself.
Dan: I understand.
Casey: Would you help me to safety?
Dan: If there wasn't anything else better to do.
Casey: Like what?
Dan: Save myself.
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Casey: That is why I discourage fraternization in the office.
Dan: You discourage fraternization?
Casey: I do.
Dan: Are you not counting the last year and a half with Dana?
Casey: I am, as a matter of fact, not counting that.
Dan: You discourage fraternization?
Casey: I do.
Dan: Are you not counting the last year and a half with Dana?
Casey: I am, as a matter of fact, not counting that.
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Dan: Do you know how anal you are about your books?
Casey: Uh, I know that Natalie's got your manhood stuffed inside a Prada bag.
Casey: Uh, I know that Natalie's got your manhood stuffed inside a Prada bag.
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Dana: Guess where I've been.
Jeremy: Church.
Dana: You see? He knew.
Jeremy: I was standing right here.
Jeremy: Church.
Dana: You see? He knew.
Jeremy: I was standing right here.
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Casey: You're dating a porn star?
Jeremy: I have met and spent social time with an actress who appears in adult films, yes.
Casey: How you manage to make dating a porn star sound like a day at the public library is beyond me.
Jeremy: I have met and spent social time with an actress who appears in adult films, yes.
Casey: How you manage to make dating a porn star sound like a day at the public library is beyond me.
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Natalie: I broke up with YOU, Mr. "Obviously has a short-term memory loss with a myriad of other problems which I won't even go into but thinks he broke up with me because of the short-term memory loss which is so obvious".
Jeremy: No need to be formal. I've seen you naked. Call me Jeremy.
Jeremy: No need to be formal. I've seen you naked. Call me Jeremy.
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