This Is Us Quotes (Season 1)

Some people think the scariest part is coming to the hospital to have the baby. The scariest part is leaving the hospital with the baby.

Roll all your windows down, Randall. Crank up the music. Grow out that ‘fro. Let someone else make your bed.

No. No, come on, that’s BS. You don’t do that to your family. You find your soul mate, you get married, you stay together until you die, period.

Mom and Dad didn’t raise no whores. Except briefly, during Kate’s eyeliner phase.

It’s always gonna be about the weight for me, Toby. It’s been my story ever since I was a little girl. And every moment that I’m not thinking about it, I’m thinking about it. Like, will this chair hold me? Will this dress fit me? And if I ever get pregnant, would will anyone ever notice? It’s just at the core of who I am, it’s just deep inside, and eight tequila shots can only mask that for a couple hours.

If you’re out on the street at 3:30 in the morning, at some point, you realize you made a very wrong turn.

If at some point in your life, you find a way to show somebody else the same kindness that your parents showed you, that’s all the present I’ll need.[to Randall]

I just did bi’s, tri’s and left testicle. I’m really starting to get some definition on that guy.

Honey, listen to me. I am the best of the best. And I swear to you, on the lives of my children and my grandchildren, that I am up to the task.

Do you see me? I am 73 years old. You know what that means, don’t you? That means I don’t run wind sprints as fast as I used to, but my faculties are otherwise completely intact. There are days that I wish they weren’t, because then I would retire and spend my remaining days doing something more glamorous than pulling eight-pound objects out of women’s vag**as. But until that time, I keep showing up here every day.

You trying to wax poetic on me? I’d rather you wax that mustache. ‘Cause if your musings on the great circle of life are gonna be the last things I ever hear, dear God, take me now.[to Jack]

What’s wrong with being normal? Olivia, you’re always talking about being real. Right? That kiss that we had yesterday, let’s talk about that for a second, that was real. Those feelings were real and I know that you know that. And it doesn’t shock me that you’re scared, right? You are horrified and you’re trying to sabotage it. I understand that, but what might be worse than that is I’m not sure you’ve ever experienced anything real your entire life. I’m starting to feel like you attaching yourself to something that’s not a calculated act is just too much for your empty human shell to handle. I feel sorry for you.