Quotes from Eight O'Clock at the Oasis


Luke: This is a diner, not a peepshow.
Lorelai: Hey, consider making it a combo. You could charge more for your cheeseburgers.

Dwight: I was in a terrible marriage, y'know.
Lorelai: Actually, I didn't.
Dwight: Oh, yeah, horrible, like a punishment out of Greek mythology. The woman had five heads. Suffering, agony.... Y'know, I used to be taller?
Lorelai: Really? She shrunk you.
Dwight: I used to have more hair, too.
Lorelai: Uh huh.
Dwight: And higher arches.
Lorelai: Wow.

Natalie: There she is, the cobra.
Emily: Oh, now, Natalie.
Lorelai: The what?
Natalie: This woman gets her way or she squeezes 'til you comply.
Lorelai: Like a superhero.

Natalie: What is an auction without an auctioneer?
Lorelai: Just a bunch of nuts with paddles surrounded by mismatched furniture.

Lorelai: You're the Solomon of wine.
Peyton: Everybody's gotta be something.

Richard: Pork is bred leaner these days. It has a different taste. Less fat equals less flavor. Yet another example of the great advances man has made: flavorless pork. Hurrah for the opposable thumbs.

Rory: My shoes!
Lorelai: You don't need shoes. In my day we walked twenty miles in the snow just to get to our shoes!

Lorelai: Hey, when you finally meet him...
Rory: Yeah?
Lorelai: Remember he owns Twister. There's a great visual awaiting you.

Lorelai: I'll catch Bowie the next time he does a farewell tour.

Rory: The sooner you get in there, the sooner you get cheese.


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