Astrid Farnsworth quotes from Fringe

Walter

Consider this...What is mankind's oldest dream?

Astrid

World Peace?

Walter

Oh hardly. It's a social construct imposed by an awareness of our own mortality.

Astrid

Should have gone with 'great taste, less filling' huh?

Walter

What is the greatest desire of the weak, of the subjugated, of the man whose fire is stolen by an opponent whose only advantage is the luck of superior size?

Astrid

We're stealing fire?

Peter

I think we're cavemen in this story.

Walter

Whose woman is wrenched away by brutality and force?

Peter

Sexist cavemen at that.

Walter

Simple. To kill with thought. To wish someone dead. To murder with the mind.

Peter

Come on, that's ridiculous!

Walter

You're right, I'm sure. Unless of course it happens again.

Walter

[singing] C1 Cervical Vertebra's connected to the C2 Cervical Vertebrae. C2 Cervical Vertebra's connect to the C3 Cervical Vertebrae....

Peter

Walter, that's enough.

Astrid

When you finally meet a nice girl, I would avoid bringing her home for as long as possible.

Astrid

(as Walter breaks the jaw off of a corpse) You know Walter, working with you, it's amazing the sort of thing you get used to.

Walter

You're not the first person to tell me that.

Astrid

(now examining the jaw) Wow, looks like somebody could have flossed more.

Nina

Has he (Walter) been acting strange lately?

Astrid

Walter acting strange? Um... no stranger than usual.

Astrid

We've been at this for five hours.

Walter

Science is patience.

Astrid

It's also slimy.

Peter

I need my own bedroom. I woke up this morning to him singing an aria from Pagliacci.

Astrid

Your father has a wonderful voice.

Peter

Not when he's doing jumping jacks. And did I mention he was naked?

Walter

A good morning sets the tone for the day.

Walter

Let's see how this thing operates.

Astrid

What are you saying, that this is not a person?

Walter

My dear, I'm not certain that you're not simply a figment of my imagination.

Walter

The ride back was invigorating. The turbulence over Ohio was like being in the belly of a seizing whale. I screamed like a little girl.

Astrid

I'm sure that went over well with the rest of the passengers.

[watching Walter cracking a skull] Do this kind of thing often?

Astrid

Brains? No. Although Walter gets particularly excited whenever we do.

Astrid

Chicken. You're serious?

Walter

It's just a hypothesis. Why, do you think more like pork?

Astrid

Truthfully I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about what human brains would taste like.

Walter

Well then why did you ask?

Astrid

Walter, I've got the results of the blood sample from the book.

Walter

Oh. [chuckles to himself] High concentration of capsaicin! Which means it's not blood at all. It's chili pepper juice. He must have spilled some in the book.

Peter

Well, that's great news. So, we'll add "messy" to the APB.

Walter

No, it is good news. A concentration of 970 thousand on the Scoville scale; that's one of the hottest chili peppers there is. I hypothesize that a Naga Jolokia from India, otherwise known as the King Cobra Chili. I once ate one. The flatulence was... horrible. Very embarrassing.

Astrid

Walter. Inside, upstairs, when you said "I can't let Peter die again." What did you mean by that?

Walter

Some things are meant to be left alone, Agent Farnsworth.

Astrid

What am I looking for?

Walter

Anything that looks like it doesn't belong.

Astrid

I think this qualifies. Richard Nixon on a silver dollar.

Walter

That's disturbing.

Astrid

So when you separate them, Walter, how are you going to tell them apart?

Walter

Mr. Pratchett from over there was married, he was wearing a wedding ring.

Astrid

So as far as his wife will ever know he just disappeared? That is so sad. Wow, look at this. It's a double-decker car! Does this mean they drive these over there?

Walter

I suppose so.

Walter

The Hadron Super Collider is less complicated than that infernal dishwater.

Astrid

Next time, don't use laundry detergent, and the dishwasher will work fine.

Broyles

Dr. Bishop, any thoughts to how she would cross to the other side?

Walter

No. Nothing. And I have no idea how to bring our Olivia back. It's all because of that temptress! She tricked my son with her carnal manipulations and he fell right into her vagenda!

Astrid

Vagenda?

Walter

Like Mata Hari, using her feminine wiles to accomplish her evil ends, and I, too, fell prey. She used my stomach to get through to my heart.