Emily Gilmore Quotes
Emily: Oh, wait, Rudolph Gottfried.
Lorelai: Another cousin?
Emily: No, a Nazi we knew. I'd forgotten. We stayed with him once in Munich. Nice old man. Interesting stories.
Lorelai: Mom, you-you socialized with a known Nazi? That's despicable. That's heinous.
Emily: No, dear, that was a joke.
(to Rory) You can use your mother's old golf clubs. They're upstairs gathering dust along with the rest of her potential.
(to Lorelai) This is as far as I can go, unless you'd like me to bore my way through the wall.
(to Lorelai) Your father doesn't know what he wants. He'd get his hair cut at the butcher's, if I let him.
Emily: I think we should consider getting her a membership at the club, don't you?
Lorelai: If she wants, sure.
Emily: I mean, to have a place to go where she could socialize. That's very important to a young girl.
Lorelai: Well, now, especially that the crack den has closed down on the corner, all her really good friends are gone. What do you think, Mom, should I pursue the career in comedy?
Emily: Interesting, isn't it, you being the one who's controlling?
Lorelai: I am not being
Emily: According to you, I was the only one in the family with that particular gift.
Lorelai: Mom, I never said that!
Emily: I guess you and I are more alike than you thought, aren't we?
Lorelai: You win.
Emily: Thank you.
Emily: So, Lorelai, how are things at that charming little inn of yours?
Lorelai: Mm -- they're still charming and little. We're just crossing our fingers it doesn't assert itself and become rude and large.
Lorelai: The dinner was so wonderful, Mira.
Sarah: It's Sarah.
Lorelai: Oh, I'm sorry.
(Sarah leaves)
Lorelai: Mom! Her name is Sarah!
Emily: I thought she said Mira.
Lorelai: Ugh.
Emily: Mira, come cut the cake please.
Lorelai: Yes, and why don't you bring Sarah out here with you?
Emily: You brought us used dessert?
Lorelai: It's not used. It's left over.
Emily: (coldly) How nice. I'll just put it in the kitchen next to my half-empty box of Cheer.
Richard: Lorelai the First.
Rory: I thought Mom was the first.
Richard: No, no.
Emily: Not in the name.
Lorelai: No, but in so many other things, I was a regular Trailblazer. (to Emily) Just finishing your thought, Mom.
Lorelai: She'll be taking the bus.
Emily: I know. I hate that she takes the bus. Drug dealers take the bus.
Emily: Oh, yes. We're all old friends.
Lorelai: Well, there's nothing like friends. Especially if they're old ones.
