Chuck: We'll cushion the blow.
Ned: Not a big fan of the blow.

Emerson: Rhubarb.
Olive: What's that mean?
Emerson: PI secret code for 'get me a damn slice of rhubarb.'
Olive: This isn't Pies r Us, Pie City ... this is a bells on the door, pies-baking, mom and pop place. We chit chat here. Chit!
Emerson: Chat!

Chuck: Isn't that what a PI is supposed to do, investigate? Isn't that the fun part?
Emerson: The fun part is counting my money in the bubble bath.

Did I say "can" because I swallow my consonants sometimes? Can't... N'T... come in.

Ned

Emerson: You don't know nothing about about her, except she had soft lips when she was 10.
Ned: That should be enough.

This is such a small cheese box.

Chuck

Can we not say kill? I touch them again and they return to how they were meant to be.

Ned

I’ve been ruminating and by ruminating I mean pondering, not chewing cud. How about we solve my murder and collect the reward? Wouldn’t that be poetic? Certainly an anecdote.

Chuck

Ned: This is pushing your luck.
Chuck: Yeah, well, luck pushed me first

Are you in love with her? 'Cause it's that level of stupid.

Emerson

I hate to be a bad host, but I'm sort of exhausted from chasing your coffin.

Ned

She read about people she could never be, on adventures she would never have. Life was good enough until one day it wasn't. Chuck wanted more. But at Boutique Travel Travel Boutique she got more than she bargained for.

Narrator

Pushing Daisies Season 1 Quotes

Chuck: Do you believe in reincarnation?
Emerson: Hell no. The planet's falling apart. Right now, it's the children's problem. We reincarnate, it's our problem

Vivian: Charlotte was a nice girl.
Lily: With the exception of puberty.
Vivian: Which was when Lily was going through a change of life.
Lily: Impolite to talk about one's menopause in mixed company.