A character in Family Ties
Played by Meredith Baxter-Birney
Family Ties · 44 quotes
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Family Ties: in 9 of its 44 quotes
Most scenes with: Alex P. Keaton (6), Steven Keaton (4)
ElyseAlex, maybe you're getting a little carried away here. I mean, if Kimberly doesn't like you or your family for who they are, then maybe she isn't worth caring about at all, don't you think?
Are you going to wear your hair like that, or are you going to put it up?
ElyseWhat happened?
Oh he was going out for a pass and he ran into the pole.
I told you to run down and in Skippy, you were supposed to go to the pole and stop!
I did, I stopped when I hit the pole.
ElyseWho is Sherry Marshall?
She happens to be a Pi Nu the best sorority in the whole world, she's the president.
Is she coming alone or with some secret service agents?
ElyseMr. Carlyle, Do you really believe that my brother stole that money? I mean, he's not the type.
I'll mention that to the guys in New York. But to be honest with you: I think they're going to want to push ahead with the case anyway.
You know what I was doing while I drove home from the station?
ElyseWatching the road, I hope.
Counting... Counting all the times you and I have stayed up all night nursing one of the kid's fevers. Guess how many.
ElyseCouldn't begin to.
Well, go ahead, try.
Elyse17.
That's right. How'd you know?
ElyseI don't know. I guess after all our years together, I-I can read your mind.
Guess you can. What am I thinking now?
ElyseYou're thinking there's no place like home?
You're very good at this, you know? You should set up a booth on the boardwalk.
ElyseAnd you're thinking about our life together and... and everything we've been through. And how hard it would be to turn your back on that, however tempting it might be.
Has it been that obvious?
ElyseThe words "open book" mean anything to you?
Sorry, Elyse, I've been acting like a real child.
ElyseNo. No, you haven't. You... you've been acting like a grown man facing midlife. I-I'll probably act the same way when I get to be your age.
Great news. Great news! I got my term paper on Hoover back from Mr. Wilkinson. A-plus.
ElyseNice work, Alex.
Look at this. Look what he wrote on the front. "An incredibly well-argued thesis. "I voted for Roosevelt four times. Thank you for showing me the error of my ways."
I never oversleep, never! Never! I have one of those internal clock radios. I had that scholarship in the bag. I blew it!
Speed is like that, Alex, it'll keep you up for a while but um, when you crash, you crash hard.
No, I can handle it.
ElyseWell, look at how you're handling it, you're on your knees rummaging through the garbage looking for someone else's diet pills!
Elyse[to a young Mallory] It's a pretend phone, Mallory, you can talk on it all day long.
Oh, so that's how it began.
Hey, have you, uh... Have you chosen a stage name yet?
ElyseA stage name?
Yeah. Something... with a little more pizzazz, Something other than Keaton. I was thinking Elyse Lamour.
Alex, she's a folk singer, not a stripper.
All right, all right. How about, uh... Ramblin' Elyse Lamour?
ElyseNo, thanks, Alex.
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