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Sheldon Cooper quotes from The Big Bang Theory

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Sheldon Cooper

Most-quoted character in The Big Bang Theory: in 398 of its 597 quotes
Most scenes with: Leonard Hofstadter (170), Penny (111), Amy Farrah Fowler (103)

Scenes with Sheldon Cooper 369

So, when you say you’re not going to freak out about the DVD, here’s what that means. Don’t fixate on it. Don’t wake me up in the middle of the night. Or nag me through the door while I’m on the toilet.

Sheldon

Okay, first, talking to you while you’re on the toilet isn’t exactly a picnic for me either, okay? Remember, when you can hear me, I can hear you. And second, you completely disregard how uncomfortable unresolved issues are for me. It’s, it’s like, a, an itch in my brain I can’t scratch.

When I broke my arm I used to stick a coat hanger down there. You ever try that? Maybe go in through the ear?

Sheldon

You wouldn’t make jokes if you could feel the way I feel.

Well, I don’t know how to do that.

Sheldon

How about this? I promise I won’t pester you about the DVD. You can defecate in peace. That’s a win for both of us. But, until this matter is resolved, I would like you to wear this sweater. With nothing underneath it.

That’s stupid. Why?

Sheldon

You say it’s itchy and uncomfortable. I say situations like this make me feel the same way.

I’m telling you, try the hanger.

Sheldon

Put it on. Let’s share the experience.

You got it. If this sweater shuts you up, I’m gonna make a fortune selling them to everyone we know. Now all I need to do is head down to the video store and return the DVD.

Sheldon

Oh, did I forget to tell you? That store went out of business years ago.

Really?

Sheldon

How those nipples feeling, chief?

S7 E8 The Itchy Brain Simulation
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Sheldon you can have a nice Thanksgiving anywhere. I spent one in Vegas.

You did?

Yeah. Back when I was dating Zack. Actually it was more fun than I thought. We gambled, went to one of those cheesy wedding chapels. We had a really good turkey dinner which was surprising since we were at a strip club.

What? You went to a chapel?

Yeah.

Why?

We had one those silly fake weddings.

Penny, you know those are real. Right?

No, they’re not. [Laughing it off]

Yeah, they are.

[Looking worried] No, they’re not.

Yeah, they are.

Sheldon

He's right.

They’re real.

[quietly] It didn’t seem real.

S7 E9 The Thanksgiving Decoupling
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You know, I was thinking. Without Sheldon, most of us would have never met, but Penny would have still lived across from him.

And with Leonard out of the picture, we all know what that would mean.

We do?

[Sheldon is sorting laundry and Penny enters.]

Hey, Sheldon.

Sheldon

Hello.

Doing laundry?

Sheldon

Of course I’m doing laundry. Saturday night is laundry night and I’m in a laundry room, so… I believe your inference is justified.

Oh my inference is justified. Sheldon you are so funny, Anyway, I need to do my laundry, too, because these clothes are so dirty. Almost as dirty as the dirty girl who is wearing them.

[Listening to the story.] OK, that’s enough.

GGuys

Disagree.

[pointing to her bra] So what do you think?

Sheldon

A tad asymmetrical, but nothing to be concerned about.

Please Sheldon, I need you.

Sheldon

To what?

To take me.

Sheldon

I’m not taking you anywhere till you put on a shirt.

Come on, Sheldon. You and me right here.

Sheldon

Penny for the thousandth time. I’m saving myself for someone special. Perhaps a cute bespectacled neuroscientist with hair the color of mud.

I think I know how to change your mind.

GGuys

That’s enough.

S7 E11 The Cooper Extraction
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[Sheldon walks up the stairs with a joyful Amy talking about his newborn nephew]

Did you miss me?

Sheldon

I would have preferred to have you there with me.

Aww.

Sheldon

Or instead of me.

...

Did you hold the baby?

Sheldon

I did.

And...how did it make you feel?

Sheldon

Looking into the blank, innocent eyes of a creature that wouldn't begin to comprehend anything I was saying...basically just another day in the office.

S7 E11 The Cooper Extraction
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Can we maybe put the phones down and have an actual human conversation?

Sheldon

We can, but thanks to Steve Jobs, we don’t have to.

S7 E12 The Hesitation Ramification
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[on the phone] Yes, how much for a hundred long stemmed red roses? Really? How much for three?

[entering] Hey.

I’ll call you back.

Look I know you we’re trying to help with your Star Wars thing. I didn't mean to call it idiotic.

Well, I don’t think you called it idiotic.

Oh. Sorry. I meant to. Anyway. Um. I was just upset with myself. I wasn't mad at you. I feel like everything is falling apart.

Come on. It’s okay.

No it’s not okay. Look at me. Okay. I took a temp job as a waitress like forever ago and I’m still doing it. And I can’t quit because guess what I can’t do anything else. And I finally get my big break. And it goes away. I’m such a mess.

No, you’re not.

Really? ‘Cause this morning at Starbucks a pair of old underwear fell out of my pant leg. And it wasn't the only one in there.

Okay, listen to me; this is just a minor setback.

No it’s not. I've been out here for like ten years and have nothing to show for it.

Well, you have me.

You’re right. I do have you. Hmm. Let’s get married.

What?

Ohh. [kneeling] Leonard Hofstadter. Will you marry me?

Umm.

Did you seriously just say, “Umm?”

Look you know I love you, but you’re…you’re drunk and sad and feeling lost…

Okay. So-so, you don’t want to marry me?

That is not what I said.

No, forget it. I take it back, the offer’s off the table.

Sheldon

[entering] Who is in the mood to laugh?

Really not a good time.

Sheldon

But I used science to construct the perfect joke.

I’m going to go.

Penny don’t.

No, no. I just need to be alone.

S7 E12 The Hesitation Ramification
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Why doesn't Leonard get it?

Sheldon

He’s not like us, Penny. We’re dreamers.

S7 E13 The Occupation Recalibration
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Yes. I thought we were in the kind of relationship where we make decisions together. If I’m wrong, maybe we should talk about the kind of relationship we are in.

Yeah, well, maybe we do.

Sheldon

I’m willing if you guys are.

Can we please have some privacy?

Sheldon

No, I’m as much a part of this relationship as you two. I think that it is high time that we put all our cards on the table. For example, where is this going? Are you two ever getting married? And if so, where will we all live? Have you thought about that?

No.

Sheldon

Penny?

Okay, wait? What are we doing?

For some reason, we’re planning a future where we both live with Sheldon forever.

S7 E13 The Occupation Recalibration
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Sheldon

Howard, which pocket watch will you be wearing at dinner on the train?

I'm sorry, what?

Sheldon

Oh, I'm afraid if we wear the same pocket watch, it will be embarrassing.

I don't own a pocket watch.

Sheldon

Oh, my.

S7 E15 The Locomotive Manipulation
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You guys ever thought of getting a dining room table?

Yeah, you actually do have room for one up there.

Oh sure! I sit on the floor for years, no one cares. The pretty white girl sat 10 seconds and suddenly we’re all running to IKEA.

Sheldon

No one is running anywhere. We're not getting a dining room table.

I know you don't like change, but it's not a terrible idea.

You guys never use that space up there. Why not get a table?

Sheldon

Do you want the long answer or the short answer?

How come we never get that option?

Sheldon

Chaos theory suggests that even in a deterministic system if the equation is describing its behavior in non-linear, a tiny change in the initial conditions can lead to a cataclysmic and unpredictable result.

Translation?

[Imitating a baby] Wah! I don't want a table!

S7 E16 The Table Polarization
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It's a sequel of that awful killer gorilla movie I was in.

Serial Ape-ist? I thought you died in that.

Sheldon

She does. 42 minutes in.

While showering topless, 16 minutes after brief side butt during a pillow fight with her sorority sisters.

Sheldon

I have an eidetic memory. I don't know what his problem is.

S7 E17 The Friendship Turbulence
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Sheldon

We were making fun of failed careers. We didn't get to tap the juicy vein that is Howard's.

Hey, I work at the same university you do!

Sheldon

Yes, and Hawkeye's in the Avengers, but no one ever says "Help, Hawkeye!"

S7 E17 The Friendship Turbulence
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We can't show up to your mom's empty-handed. We should bring something.

Sheldon

I already am. I'm bringing the gift of knowledge.

Oh boy.

Sheldon

Despite what her bible says, recent archaeological studies indicate that although camels are referenced in the Old Testament, they didn't exist in the Middle East until hundreds of years later.

I was gonna say we'd pick up a cake or a pie, but an insult to her faith is always thoughtful.

S7 E18 The Mommy Observation
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Sheldon

Quick poll: PS4 or Xbox One? Raj?

Xbox One.

Sheldon

Penny?

Huh?

Sheldon

Leonard?

PS4.

Sheldon

Wolowitz?

Both are great.

Sheldon

Bernadette?

I like the Wii!

Sheldon

Thanks grandma.

S7 E19 The Indecision Amalgamation
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Sheldon

Why do we have a geology book? Leonard, did you throw a children's party while I was in Texas?

Wait, what's wrong with geology?

Sheldon

Let me put this in a way you'll understand Penny. You remember how you explained to me that the Kardashians aren't real celebrities? Well, geology is the Kardashians of science.

S7 E20 The Relationship Diremption
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