Arrested Development

“I've made a huge tiny mistake.”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely, Karey Dornetto, Gob Bluth, Will Arnett, imdb.com

“You're like this flower and I know it's springtime but I just-- I'd hate to see you get plucked by someone who doesn't even care that you're blossoming.”

— Barbara Feldman, Abraham Higginbotham, Mitchell Hurwitz, George Michael Bluth, Michael Cera, imdb.com

“What's so important that you're dragging me away from this miserable party?”

— Barbara Feldman, Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely, Lucille Bluth, Jessica Walter, imdb.com

“If he's going to raid my closet, he's gonna work for it.”

— Barbara Feldman, Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely, Lucille Bluth, Jessica Walter, imdb.com

“Can I say something to my client? Take to the sea!”

— Dean Lorey, Richard Rosenstock, Barry Zuckerkorn, Henry Winkler, imdb.com

“Lucille: We'll pay them off. We'll call it an accrued cash dividend, but they don't get their money until sign a document at the party promising not to sell for ten years. Michael: So, it's embezzlement, bribery and conspiracy?”

— Chuck Tatham, James Vallely, Karey Dornetto, Lucille Bluth, Jessica Walter, imdb.com

“Sometimes, the truth can hurt a man more than the most brutally fashioned lie.”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Maeby Fünke, Alia Shawkat, imdb.com

“Lucille: Maybe it's because I went off my post-partum medication. Michael: You were still taking that? You had Buster 32 years ago. Lucille: And that's how long I've been depressed about him.”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely, Lucille Bluth, Jessica Walter, imdb.com

“Michael: Oh, God, look at us. Crying like a couple of girls. Gob: Aw, you're the only one crying.”

— Jim Vallely, Mitchell Hurwitz, Michael Bluth, Jason Bateman, imdb.com

“What am I doing in a Nordstrom bag?”

— Barbara Feldman, Mitchell Hurwitz, Lucille Bluth, Jessica Walter, imdb.com

“Lindsay: You invited the Veals? Michael: Only so that they'll disapprove of us.”

— Barbara Feldman, Mitchell Hurwitz, Michael Bluth, Jason Bateman, imdb.com

“Michael: You do all this charity crap just to stroke your ego. You don't even know what the auction's for tonight. Lindsay: The wetlands. Michael: To do what with them? Lindsay: Dry them. Michael: Save them.”

— Barbara Feldman, Mitchell Hurwitz, Michael Bluth, Jason Bateman, imdb.com

“Why am I the only one that seems to get how much trouble this family is in?”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Michael Bluth, Jason Bateman, imdb.com

“Tobias: I'm looking for something that says, "Dad likes leather." Sales clerk: Something that says, "Leather daddy?"”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Brad Copeland, Tobias Fünke, David Cross, imdb.com

“What an adventure gang, I thought the homosexuals were pirates. But it turns out they were actors in the local theatre!”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Tobias Fünke, David Cross, imdb.com

“Tobias: Quick question though am I being panicked about the fire or am I being brave for everyone else? Casting director: The fire? It's a fire sale. Tobias: Oh my god, we're having a fire.... sale. Oh the burning, it burns me. Evacuate all the school children.”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Tobias Fünke, David Cross, imdb.com

“In this business of show, you have to have the heart of an angel and the hide of an elephant.”

— Mitchell Hurwitz, Tobias Fünke, David Cross, imdb.com

“Who gives a crap what I say anyway? My work speaks for me.’”

— Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, imdb.com