The 50 Greatest Quotes From "Parks And Recreation"

    They always have the best words.

    Parks and Recreation has grown to become one of the most beloved and quotable sitcoms in television history.

    Leslie, Ron, and Andy from "Parks and Recreation"

    50. "I wanted to make fun of stupid people while I get drunk. My two true passions." —April

    April from "Parks and Recreation"

    49. "When they say 2% milk, I don't know what the other 98% is." —Andy

    Andy talking to Ron in "Parks and Recreation"

    48. "If there were more food and fewer people, this would be a perfect party." —Ron

    Ron and Tom holding drinks at "Parks and Recreation"

    47. "Call an ambulance! A different ambulance! The one I ran into!" —Andy

    Andy lying hurt in front of an ambulance with April in "Parks and Recreation"

    46. "Windows are the eyes to the house." —Andy

    Andy from "Parks and Recreation"

    45. "I like saying no. It lowers their enthusiasm." —Ron

    Ron with a coffee mug in "Parks and Recreation"

    44. "There's only one thing I hate more than lying: skim milk. Which is water that's lying about being milk." —Ron

    Ron in "Parks and Recreation"

    43. "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I read that one on a can of lemonade. I like to think it applies to life." —Andy

    Andy talking to Tom in "Parks and Recreation"

    42. "Is Star Wars the one with the little wizard boy?" —Ron

    Leslie, Ben, Donna, and Ron in "Parks and Recreation"

    41. "Ron and Diane, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I. Did you hear that bird?" —Andy

    Andy wearing a toy tiara in "Parks and Recreation"

    40. "When I was a baby, my head was so big, scientists did experiments on me." —Andy

    Andy talking to Ron in "Parks and Recreation"

    39. "[Cats and dogs] should be rewarded for not being people. I hate people." —April

    April holding a dog with Andy in "Parks and Recreation"

    38. "I was born ready. I'm Ron f%$king Swanson." —Ron (of course)

    Ron stuck in his chair with a hernia in "Parks and Recreation"

    37. "Guys love it when you can show them you're better than they are at something they love." —Leslie

    Leslie hunting with Ron in "Parks and Recreation"

    36. "I have several men in rotation. One's waiting for me in the car. Don't worry, I rolled the window down for him." —Donna

    Donna talking in "Parks and Recreation"

    35. "If you don't believe in love, what's the point of living?" —Ron

    Ron talking to the camera in "Parks and Recreation"

    34. "Strippers do nothing for me…but I will take a free breakfast buffet anytime, anyplace." —Ron

    Ron getting a plate of food at a buffet in "Parks and Recreation"

    33. "I tried to make ramen in the coffee pot and I broke everything." —Andy

    Andy talking to Leslie in the hall in "Parks and Recreation"

    32. "I found a sandwich in one of your parks, and I want to know why it didn't have mayonnaise!" —Random Pawnee citizen

    A Pawnee citizen talking to Ron in "Parks and Recreation"

    31. "We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third." —Leslie

    Leslie from "Parks and Recreation"

    30. "I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never speak sometimes." —Ron

    Ron at the hospital in "Parks and Recreation"

    29. "Farts and poop and love and stuff. Macaroni salad." —Andy

    Andy drunk on Snake Juice in "Parks and Recreation"

    28. "I'm like an elephant, okay? If I walk into a room, it's like, okay, he's in there." —Tom

    Tom drunk on Snake Juice in "Parks and Recreation"

    27. "Bababooey." —Ben

    Ben drunk on Snake Juice in "Parks and Recreation"

    26. "I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American." —Ron

    Ron eating steak in "Parks and Recreation"

    25. "I just slept seven hours, which is twice as long as I usually sleep, so I'm a little disoriented." —Leslie

    Leslie sitting at her desk in "Parks and Recreation"

    24. "I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it well." —Andy

    Andy talking to the camera in "Parks and Recreation"

    23. "My name is Burt Macklin. I'm with the f@#king FBI." —Andy

    Andy in the Parks Department in "Parks and Recreation"

    22. "All my favorite foods have butter on them. Pancakes, toast, popcorn, grapes *GASP*...butter is my favorite food." —Andy

    Andy eating butter in "Parks and Recreation"

    21. "Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here, and it says you could have network connectivity problems." —Andy

    Andy looking at his computer in "Parks and Recreation"

    20. "I'm allergic to sushi. Every time I eat more than 80 sushi, I barf." —Andy

    Andy smiling in a green plaid shirt in "Parks and Recreation"

    19. Ann: "You made me watch all eight Harry Potter movies. I don't even like Harry Potter!" Leslie: "That's insane! You love Harry Potter! You've seen all eight movies!"

    Ann talking to Leslie in "Parks and Recreation"

    18. "They're old people. They eat, they sleep, they complain. Oh my god, I wanna be an old person." —Andy

    Andy from "Parks and Recreation" sitting down

    17. "Messy is fun, okay? My whole life is a giant mess, and I love it." —Andy

    Andy wearing princess makeup and talking to Ron in "Parks and Recreation"

    16. "Oh, I have a medical condition, alright. It's called CARING TOO MUCH! And it's INCURABLE!" —Craig

    Craig sitting at his desk in "Parks and Recreation"

    15. "Stop…pooping!" —Chris

    Chris looking in the mirror in "Parks and Recreation"

    14. "Yesterday, if you would have asked me, I would have said no, but thank god my grandfather just died, so I am aflushed with cash!" —Jean-Ralphio

    Jean-Ralphio singing to Tom in "Parks and Recreation"

    13. "What religion am I? Well, I'm a practicing none of your [bleep] business." —Ron

    Ron Swanson from "Parks and Recreation" standing in front of a playground

    12. "A smooth and silky evening to you all. On nights like this, when the cold winds blow, and the air is awash in the swirling eddies of our dreams, come with me and find safe haven…in a warm bathtub full of my jazz." —Duke Silver

    Ron as Duke Silver in "Parks and Recreation"

    11. "What's it like to stare into the eye of Satan's butthole?" —Ron

    Ron at his desk talking to Leslie in "Parks and Recreation"

    10. "One time my refrigerator stopped working; I didn't know what to do. I just moved." —Tom

    Tom sitting at a table in "Parks and Recreation"

    9. "Have you guys seen Hitler?" —Andy/Burt Macklin

    Andy in a police uniform running into the Parks Department in "Parks and Recreation"

    8. "Do you think a depressed person could make this?" —Ben

    Ben holding a clay doll in "Parks and Recreation"

    7. "A game is the foot." —Andy

    Andy in "Parks and Recreation"

    6. "Jogging is the worst! I know it keeps you healthy, but god, at what cost?" —Ann

    Ann in "Parks and Recreation"

    5. "There has never been a sadness that can't be cured by breakfast food." —Ron

    Ron sitting at his desk in "Parks and Recreation"

    4. "Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless." —Ron

    Ron on Pawnee Today with Joan on the floor in "Parks and Recreation"

    3. "Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have. Wait, wait. I worry what you just heard was, 'Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.' What I said was, 'Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.' Do you understand?" —Ron

    Ron talking to a waiter at a diner in "Parks and Recreation"

    2. "Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing." —Ron

    Ron sitting by the lake in "Parks and Recreation"

    1. "Treat yo'self." —Tom and Donna

    Donna talking to Tom in "Parks and Recreation"

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