Quotes / People Sit on Chairs

"quSDaq ba'" (Sit in a chair)

— Klingon phrase for "that is very obvious".

"Some people think everything has to 'mean' something. Well, some things don't mean anything!"

— George Carlin

"This story has everything! People! Furniture! Talking! It's a real American story!"

— Hollywood Producer, South Park, "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut"

Director: Let's start right at the beginning, shall we? What's the word... what's the wonder, I wonder, that William Shakespeare decides to begin his sentence with here?
Drama Student: Uhh... "time", that's the first word.
Director: "Time".
Drama Student: Yeah.
Director: "Time".
Drama Student: ...Yeah.
Director: And how does Shakespeare decide to spell it, Hugh?
[beat]
Drama Student: T-I-M-E.
Director: T-I...?
Drama Student: M.
Director: M-E!
Drama Student: Yeah.
Director: And what sort of spelling of the word "time" is that?
Drama Student: ...Well, it's the ordinary spelling.
Director: It's the ordinary spelling, isn't it, it's the conventional spelling. So why, out of all the spellings he could have chosen, did Shakespeare choose that one, do you think?

— Cambridge Footlights 1981 revue

"I sit in the chair and think about the word chair. It can also mean the leader of a meeting. It can also mean a mode of execution. It is the first syllable in charity. It is the French word for flesh. None of these facts has any connection with the others."

— The Handmaid's Tale

Janice: Fucking look at him out there.
Bobby: What?
Janice: I've seen that 'sitting in the chair' thing.
Bobby: Come on! People Sit In Chairs.

— The Sopranos, "Soprano Home Movies"

"'Local Resident Watches Pole?' No one's gonna pay to read this malarkey! When you write these stories, you've gotta use a little imagination, boy."

— Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Krabby Kronicle"

"WHAT A SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A STORY! I CAN SEE THE HEADLINE NOW: 'A DOG EXISTS SOMEWHERE.' FRANKLY, I'M BLOWN AWAY."

— Mettaton, Undertale

'I find shock is best absorbed with the knees bent.'

—The Wicker Man

"It's not just a story of things, it's a story of people sitting on things."

— Philomena Cunk, Cunk on Britain

Goss: Fine, fine, just have your Klingon servant get us some chairs.
Worf: I am in charge of Security.
Goss: Then who gets the chairs?
Picard: DaiMon, due to the delicate nature of these negotiations, all parties have agreed that one representative would suffice. Now I will be happy to provide your consuls with accommodations and you may have my chair.

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Price"

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