Lucille: Ah, yes. The week we had the au pair. You know, your mother always wanted this broach.
Maeby: Really?
Lucille: Do you want it?
Maeby: I do now. That'll show her for trying to punish me.

Find something to do. Go make mistakes. Get in trouble. Be young.

Michael

Oh, yeah. Dad told me to take the day off so I decided to come in to work.

George Michael

Yeah. But if I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work, like you always say.

George Michael

Maeby: Are you serious? What could you possibly come up with that would punish me?
Lindsay: Oh, I have to come up with another thing?

You are now punished. I punish thee.

Lindsay

Okay, look. I know you got a crocodile in spelling, but this has gone too far.

Lindsay

Lindsay: I'm not signing this.
Maeby: Fine. I will. Is Lindsay with an "A" or an "E"?

Maeby: D plus. Sign this.
Lindsay: This is a D minus.
Maeby: Well, either way, it's above a D right?
Lucille: Another world beater.

Narrator: Later, Lucille stopped by the model home to enlist her daughter's help cataloging her valuables.
Lindsay: I can't.
Lucille: Why not?
Lindsay: Because I'm ... Don't want to.

Michael: I can't help you, Mom. I've got a job. I've got to make some money so you can buy more things and destroy the evidence.
Lucille: You're right. I'll ask Lindsay.

Lucille: I need a favor.
Michael: We ought to put that on our family crest.

Arrested Development Season 1 Episode 10 Quotes

Drug Dealer: You set us up!
Gob: No! These are just strippers! Look how hot they are!

George Michael: Well, I think we're okay.
Michael: We are. I mean, you know that there's nothing that you can't be totally honest with me about. I mean, you could say anything to me, you know? Anything at all.
George Michael: Like, say I had a crush on my own cousin.
Michael: Hey! You just taught me a lesson. All right, we're even.