But criticism is the whole point of this game! There's no fun without it!
Frank: Yeah. And so far, you've been a barrel of fun.
A character in All in the Family
2nd most-quoted character in All in the Family: in 60 of its 293 quotes
Most scenes with: Archie Bunker (9), Edith Bunker (4), Gloria Stivic (2)
But criticism is the whole point of this game! There's no fun without it!
Frank: Yeah. And so far, you've been a barrel of fun.
How long have you been believing in curses?
Archie: How long have you been living here?
Of course there is magic all the time. You even find magic in the Bible.
Archie: Oh, shut up! You atheist you! The Bible is filled miracles, no magic. God didn't fool around with no magic.
Mike: What about Sodom and Gomorrah? When Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt?
Archie: That's because when she was running away from them two dirty cities, she stopped to take a look at her behind.
A stunned Mike slams his head against the table.
For the last four weeks... and I think it's longer...
Take the animal kingdom. The male is always in charge!
Gloria: Oh yeah? Did you ever hear of a "king" bee?
You kissed a perfect stranger on a street corner?
Gloria: Nope, right on the lips!
You talked to (George) like he was a dog. I thought you were going to pat him on the head and toss him a bone.
Archie: Well, if I did, at least he'd fetch it. You'd eat it.
Retarded people have no more of a sex drive than anyone else.
Archie: Oh, yeah? Then why are you on automatic all the time?
Do you realize that before 1968, there were hardly any cars recalled for being defective? But in 1972, there were nearly eight million cars recalled.
Archie: And do you realize that in 1974, who cares?
Yeah, yeah—what's the seventh number?
Gloria (who has a head cold) I gave you seven numbers.
Mike You gave me six numbers!! One of the numbers was a sneeze!!...What do you want me to do—do you see a "sneeze" on this dial?!
Arch, you're not giving the fish a fighting chance.
Archie: I don't wanna fight with the fish, I wanna catch them.
(to Gloria) You realize how many boring things I've got to do in a single day to drive me crazy? I've got to get up, I've gotta brush my teeth, I have to shave—and I hate to shave. There are days where I stand there debating with that mirror: Should I shave, or should I cut my throat? But I shave.
Archie: You know, it's too bad you always lose that argument.
(to Gloria, about Archie) And he keeps saying the same thing to me every time I knock on the door. He says, "Don't knock, give it a Polack ring. So I say, "What's a Polack ring?" He says, "A dumb bell."
Hey Arch, will you hold it down? Gloria and I are trying to sleep!
Archie: It's the only thing you ain't tried in that room yet!
Arch, did you ever stop to think... When that crate dropped, maybe God was out to get you, and missed?
Archie BunkerCarroll O'Connor · 123 quotes
Edith BunkerJean Stapleton · 43 quotes
Gloria StivicSally Struthers · 21 quotes
George JeffersonSherman Hemsley · 7 quotes
Lionel JeffersonMike Evans · 5 quotes
Louise JeffersonIsabelle Sanford · 5 quotes
MaudeBea Arthur · 4 quotes
HHenry3 quotes
PaulGregory Sierra · 3 quotes
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