Emily Sullivan quotes from Jericho

Emily

[to class] Five months ago this was a map of our country. Now it’s an antique. It’s a picture of the way things used to be.

Heather

Oh, and, um, if the engine starts to shake, just slide over and gun the gas. And, uh, keep your eye on the temperature. If the needle hits the red, cut the gas ‘cause you’ve got about two seconds before its about to explode. Okay?

Emily

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Why can’t I just go in?

Heather

Aw, no, no, no. I don’t want you to go through the trouble.

Emily

Right.

Heather

Before we head over to the church, I’d like to make a toast to the blushing bride and banker boy.

Emily

Banker man

Heather

Well, it’s still a banker any way you slice it. Who here would ever match Roger with Emily. Talk about high risk investment.

Emily

There’s nothing risky about him.

Heather

Exactly. To Emily and Roger, may they live happily together in eternal blandness, never questioning their life, never looking too closely, never wondering if they weren’t meant for something else. Down the hatch, everybody.

Gail

It’s all from China.

Emily

Are we being invaded?

Johnston

I doubt it. If they wanted to invade they’d send troops.

Emily

So this is charity?

Gail

We’re getting aid from China. Why isn’t our own government helping us, the United Nations or the Red Cross?

Emily

For what it's worth, you and Mary have a lot in common.

Gail

What -- we both love Eric?

Emily

No, I was actually going to say you're both pretty tough broads. You're both a little hard-headed. In a bar fight -- even money.

Emily

Help us fight. We'll give you half. Half of all the weapons, food, and fuel that we take. And if New Bern's army is as big as you say it is, you'll do a lot better than hittin' one truck at a time out here.

You've got more of me in you than you're ever going to admit.

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.