Quotes from That Damn Donna Reed


Lorelai: I love to paint.
Luke: You do?
Lorelai: Yes, I do.
Luke: You love it?
Lorelai: I want to marry it.
Luke: You have strange passions.
Rory: She likes washing dishes, too. She's multi-faceted abnormal.

Lorelai: Honey, he's adorable, he should have a name.
Rory: I'm not bonding with my mid-term, thank you.

Lorelai: Maybe we could add a little stenciling on the ceiling.
Luke: No stenciling!
Lorelai: Excuse me, do you even know what stenciling is?
Luke: Does Martha Stewart do it?
Lorelai: Yes.
Luke: Then NO stenciling.

Lane: I have discovered that, in addition to my lameness in geometry, I also will not become a biologist, French translator, or Civil War buff.

Rory: Honey, you're home!

Rory: Donna Reed would have never forgotten the rolls. They're gonna make me turn in my pearls.
Dean: I promise I'll kick anyone's butt who comes near those pearls.

Lorelai: I'm thinking of slipping some superglue in the bottom of the cage. That would be bad, right? I mean, I know staples are bad, but what's the verdict on superglue?

Rory: What?
Lorelai: Well, okay, uh, you're sixteen, you have a whole house to yourself for the evening. I expect you're going to have your boyfriend over. But what is with the apron?
Rory: It's a long story.
Lorelai: Did it involve a sharp blow to the head?

Rory: Everything has to be logged: eating habits, sleeping habits...
Lorelai: Houdini habits.
Rory: She got out.
Lorelai: She ran far.
Rory: But she lived.
Lorelai: She's a better bird for it.


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