Stanley Richmond quotes from Jericho

Mimi

I never thought I'd be so thankful to live on a farm. From now on I promise I'll only complain intermittently.

Stanley

We don't have much, but we'll always have enough.

Dude. All they need to do is get the Internet back up. After that it's a piece of cake.

Stanley

Why is that?

Well you could do anything! I mean you could run for President, make a virtual White house. Fly a plane into that! I mean, virtual cities and towns, nothing to nuke!

Bonnie

Yeah, but, where will we get... stuff?

What stuff?

Stanley

I dunno... food, clothes, blankets, fuel...

Not a problem. After the Internet's back up you just order all that stuff!

Mimi

You know Stanley, you would not believe how helpful Sean has been around here with the livestock, and the house, and... just everything!

Bonnie

It's true.

Mimi

You know, you listen to me, Stanley. Your sister's not a child any more. You can't just throw this fit and kick Sean's ass and think that's going to be the end of it.

Stanley

Well, I hope you're going to explain to me why I can't.

Mimi

Because if you do, she's just going to latch on that much tighter; unless they get really angry, in which case the age-old teenage remedy is to run away, which used to mean that you'd hear from them in a few days when they ran out of bus money. Nowadays, chances are much better that you'll find their bodies on the side of a road. Look, right now it is under our roof and it's a pain in the ass, I know. But it's a safe and manageable pain in the ass and I suggest you let him stay here before it turns into more than that.

Johnston

Stanley, what happened out there?

Stanley

I don't know. We were moving towards the mortar truck. And they were waiting, they were waiting on both sides of it for us. They wouldn't, they wouldn't stop firing.

Gray

Stanley, where's everybody else?

Johnston

Where are they, son?

Jake

Stanley?

Stanley

They're, they're all dead. They're all dead.

Mimi

[to Stanley's parents' graves] I really love your son. And, of course, Bonnie is just wonderful and I've really enjoyed living with them…

[under his breath] Great.

Mimi

What?

Stanley

I didn't say we were living together. We're not married!

Mimi

Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I… [Bonnie starts laughing]

Mimi

I'm sorry I asked you to marry me.

Stanley

No, look, I was gonna ask you!

Mimi

You were?

Stanley

I was, yes. I had it all planned out. I was gonna propose the way my father proposed to my mother.

Mimi

How'd he do it?

Stanley

He asked her.

Mimi

What's that?

Stanley

It's my mother's wedding ring, now please, be quiet. I've never loved anybody the way I love you. And I can't remember my life before you and...and, uh [gets down on one knee] now I really don't think I could live without you. Listen, I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy, I swear to God. So, will you marry me?

Stanley

See, now..now you can talk.

Mimi

Yes. Yes.

Mimi

Tell me you didn't sign this contract.

Stanley

I didn't sign that contract.

Mimi

Oh good.

Stanley

I signed another one. That's a copy.

Stanley

This is a big day! You get to be an accountant again. Account things, add things up, maybe even a little subtraction, right?

Mimi

I have to say, I cannot wait to work in that office. You wouldn't believe how organized the Jennings and Rall people are. Everything is bar-coded. I have so missed bar-codes and spreadsheets. I mean every component and package and foodstuff, every ounce is accounted for; where's its been and where its going. Oh, I had forgotten how beautiful order can be.

Stanley

That's probably the most boring story I've heard in months.

Mimi

I'm still trying to figure out how to make our wedding registry vital to national security.

Stanley

You're already planning our wedding registry?

Mimi

Oh, since I was twelve. And I've already taken off the list luxury items that we already have such as your Star Wars collectors' glasses.

Stanley

We're talking about booze and cows, here.

Emily

The Stamp Act, the Sugar Act…

Stanley

What are you talking about?

Emily

The Boston Tea Party. Was it just about tea? Every revolution that's ever been fought, they started in rooms like this.

Eric

When April died all I could think about was I hadn't done enough. That it was my fault.

Stanley

When my parents died I did that. I blamed myself, and I hated myself for being alive. But there was this little girl to take care of.

Eric

I know that this is harder. When your parents died, that was an accident. An act of God.

Stanley

Aren't they all?