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Barney Stinson quotes from How I Met Your Mother

Played by Neil Patrick Harris · 209 quotes · page 7 of 14

Barney Stinson

Played by Neil Patrick Harris

How I Met Your Mother · 439 quotes

2nd most-quoted character in How I Met Your Mother: in 209 of its 439 quotes
Most scenes with: Ted Mosby (95), Robin Scherbatsky (75), Marshall Eriksen (45)

Scenes with Barney Stinson 182

Stella hated Star Wars! She lied to you. Search your feelings, Ted. You know it to be true!

Well, that's her business.

Barney

Come on Ted, she left you at the altar! [gang begins arguing until Lily notices the taxi]

Wa-wait, where's she going? Her cab just missed the turn to the Lincoln Tunnel.

Why would anybody buy take-out food and take it all the way back to New Jersey, anyway?

She's going to her office.

No. [recounts restaurant order scene] The waiter asked her, "And you need utensils?" She said, "No, I'll just take them straight home."

And if she's going home, why are we still heading to- oh my God. Tony lives downtown. 'Home' is Tony's apartment. She was gonna make me move to New Jersey, and she's moving into the city WITH TONY?!? Son of a bitch! [Gang cheers him on]

Finally, finally, buddy.

I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW!

I know, I know, and I love it! [Ted rips off window crank] Yeah, that is awesome! [to taxi driver] Sir, we'd be happy to cover the cost of that window crank! I love angry Ted!

So do I!

S4 E6 Happily Ever After
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[Barney just discovered he did not sire a baby with his latest sexual conquest and tells Marshall about it]

Barney

Marshall, great news - I'm not a father.

Congratulations, buddy. [Shakes Barney's hand]

Barney

I know, this is the happiest moment of my life! Marshall, the way I feel about not having kids... I never knew I could love something this much. That's why, I'm creating a holiday. From now on, today will be known as "Not A Father's Day"!

Wow, you're creating a holiday.

Barney

Why not? Everyone else gets a day - mothers, fathers, Bastille's...why can't there be a day for those who are single and like it that way?

Now you just sound like a fat girl at Valentine's Day.

S4 E7 Not A Father's Day
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You know what it is? We were having sex. Men and women need sex to live together. It... it solves all disputes.

Oh, like Barney's theory about world peace.

[flashback]

Barney

So I explain to her... I said, "Madeleine, every single international conflict essentially boils down to sexual tension."

Every international conflict?

Barney

Every single one, dude.

So the crisis in the Middle East could be solved by...

Barney

Gaza Strippers! Next...

Apartheid.

Barney

Apart thighs! What else you got?

Cold War.

Barney

[brief pause] Mrs. Gorbachev, take down those pants!

S4 E12 Benefits
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Barney

Ted, I have to tell you the truth. I'm in love with [sees Robin] tacos. What are you doing?

I'm, uh, taking out the triz-ash. If you're, uh, looking for Ted, he left. Our little arrangement is, uh, over, by the way.

Barney

Really? That's aws... ful.

Awfsful?

Barney

Yeah, it's just awfsful. What happened?

Ah, he just insisted. He said he couldn't do it anymore because “someone's gonna get hurt.” Think we all know who he meant by that.

Barney

Do we?

Isn't it obvious?

Barney

Is it?

Yeah. It's Ted. You know what a romantic he is. He can't separate the physical from the emotional. He's all like...

Barney

I love you.

Exactly. He's not like you, you know? Besides, we're friends. I don't want to screw that up by getting involved. Dating friends never works out. So, uh, you want to get a taco?

Barney

A taco?

You love them, remember?

Barney

Right.

Come on, I'm hungry.

(voiceover) So Robin and I went back to just being roommates and things went back to normal. Your Aunt Lily was right: when two exes decide to just be casual, someone always gets hurt... it just wasn't one of us.

S4 E12 Benefits
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Barney

If I can land just one of these girls, I'll have Party School Bingo.

[Ted rifles around in the peanut bowl, not taking the bait.]

Barney

Come on, Ted. You're the only one here.

[mock apologetically] Oh, sorry! [mock interest] What's Party School Bingo?

Barney

Every year, Playboy releases a list of the top party schools in the country. I take the top 25 and I make up a Bingo card. All I need is Arizona Tech, which is crazy... In league play that would normally be designated a free space.

So, uh, how many people are in on this Party School Bingo thing?

Barney

Oh, it's just me.

Then what's the point, then?

Barney

The point is to get five in a row.

And what do you get when you get five in a row?

Barney

I get Bingo.

S4 E13 Three Days of Snow
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[Barney is holding a casting call for a little boy to play his son]

WWoman

You said that if I slept with you, my son would get the part!

Barney

Well, apparently I'm a better actor than your kid. [over his shoulder] Bring in the four o'clocks!

It looks like your mom kept your childhood bedroom just the way you left it.

That sure is a big poster of The Karate Kid above your bed.

Barney

Hey, Karate Kid's a great movie. It's the story of a hopeful young karate enthusiast whose dreams and moxie take him all the way to the All Valley Karate Championship. Of course, sadly, he loses in the final round to that nerd kid. But, he learns an important lesson about gracefully accepting defeat.

Wait, when you watch The Karate Kid, you actually root for that mean blond boy?

Barney

No, I root for the scrawny loser from New Jersey who barely even knows karate. When I watch The Karate Kid, I root for the karate kid: Johnny Lawrence from the Cobra Kai dojo. Get your head out of your ass, Lily.

[At a staff meeting with Marshall presiding over]

Now, as you'll see on page 44 of the contract...

BBilson

Hey Eriksen, when did you join AC/DC? [points to Marshall's cut-up pants]

[scoffs] Can we please just turn to page 44 of the contract...

BBlauman

Hey Eriksen. I think the Oliver Twist auditions are down the hall! [colleagues laugh]

Barney

Yeah, Eriksen, please sir, can I have some more...pants? [colleagues laugh harder]

S4 E16 Sorry, Bro
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[Lily just confessed to Ted the truth about engineering his breakups, especially that with Robin, which turned out to be accidental]

Oh my God!

Lily, you can't manipulate people like that! I've known you 12 years and I can honestly say I've NEVER BEEN MORE FURIOUS AT YOU!

Ted I...

I don't want to hear it..

Barney

[cuts in] Whoa whoa, settle down for a minute! I only have one question: [Turns to Marshall, asking about the nightshirts they are wearing] How do these bad boys feel in bed?

Come, let's go see. [Marshall and Barney head to the bedroom]

So if it weren't for you, Ted and I would still be dating?

OR you would have stayed together far too long, had an incredibly bitter breakup and not even remain friends and [teary eyed, to Robin] you and I would never have become best friends.

You don't even have to say that. [Hugs Lily]

Stop hugging! Lily, you had no right to interfere in my relationships. You got lucky, okay? You met the love of your life in a dorm hallway when you were 18, but that doesn't give you the right to play God to the rest of us mortals down here who are still looking for someone. You are so concerned with about who you and Marshall are gonna end up in that front porch with-you know what, you can have it to yourselves. [leaves living room]

S4 E17 The Front Porch
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[talking about Bilson, who just fired him] After he proposed a vocational paradigm shift, I made an impromptu presentation using a four-prong approach which really brought him to his knees.

Barney

You hit him with a chair?

Yep.

Barney

That's my boy!

S4 E18 Old King Clancy
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Barney

I'm - wait for it - in - wait for it - love - wait for it - with - wait for it - a -wait for it - certain - wait for it...

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ROBIN!

[Barney confronts Matthew Panning over the 200-women dare, even though he screwed up the count.]

MPMatthew Panning

So Barney, great to hear from you after all this time, what's going on?

Barney

I've had sex with 200 women! [shows the list]

MMatthew

[sees list] Good God, that's way too many. I mean, that's just gross! You sought counseling for sex addiction? Because you are a prime candidate.

Barney

Oh, have you sought counseling for I-win-you-lose? Yeah. Suddenly, those hundred girls you nailed in the seventh grade aren't so impressive.

MMatthew

Hundred girls? Is that what this is about? Barney, I lied!

Barney

Sure you did.

MMatthew

I was 12, of course I was lying. I didn't have a pet Ewok either.

Barney

Sure you didn't.

MMatthew

Your whole adult life is based on something I lied about when I was 12?

Barney

Jealous?

MMatthew

[exasperated with Barney's response] I gotta go pick up my kids at school. Sounds like you got a lot of problems. Good luck, I guess. [leaves]

Barney

I'm awesome. [tears up list] Okay, 200. Now what? [looks at Robin]

S4 E22 Right Place, Right Time
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[Barney's just been given a speeding ticket]

NPNJ Policewoman

Get out of the car.

Barney

[in a suave voice] Why, am I under arrest?

NPNJ Policewoman

No, [takes off helmet and unzips uniform blouse] you're about to be under me. [Barney looks at camera and gives a double thumbs-up]

S4 E23 As Fast As She Can
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Barney

So what do you think of Robin?

Barney, I really need to get to work, so...

Barney

Great. Say you and I went suit shopping, and you happened upon a beautiful suit. A beautiful Canadian suit. Double-breasted. Mmmmmm. You try it on, and it's not exactly the right fit for you, so you put it back, then I try it on. I don't really wanna take the same suit you had your eye on, but at the same time, I really like that suit.

Buy the suit, Barney. You clearly care about it. Tell the suit how you feel. [pats him on the shoulder]

Barney

Okay, but Ted, remember that that was your answer, because... [long pause] the suit is Robin. I know! [head exploding pantomime] Right?

I'm with you, buddy.

Barney

You are now, because I explained it to you. [embraces him]

S4 E24 The Leap
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[Barney and Marshall arguing about 'The Talk' between Barney and Robin]

Would you just have 'The Talk'... okay, it's a five-minute conversation and then you get to have sex afterwards. It's great! Back me up, Ted!

I don't think 'The Talk' is necessary....

[in a high-pitched voice] Whaaaaaaat?!

Barney

Thank you, Ted...

...because Robin is already his girlfriend!

Barney

[imitating Marshall] Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?

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