Barney Miller (TV Series)

Landmark: Part 2 (1982)

Robert Costanzo: Professor Vincent Thorndyke

Quotes 

• Professor Vincent Thorndyke : This is a flagrant violation of academic freedom.

• Professor Vincent Thorndyke : Look, the point is, everything I'm doing here is legal and above board and designed to enlighten and educate restaurateurs, merchants, and everybody else whose had it up to here with getting ripped off.

• Professor Vincent Thorndyke : Look I don't know what their talking about. Anyway, it's my word against theirs. So, unless you guys have something to charge me with, I am going back to the Institute because I got essays to grade.

  Capt. Barney Miller : You want to have a seat, Professor ?

• Capt. Barney Miller : All right, Wojo, get his statement.

  Professor Vincent Thorndyke : Hey, come on, what are you... I'm not doing anything wrong here. I'm helping people

  Capt. Barney Miller : By teaching them to steal

  Professor Vincent Thorndyke : By teaching them to survive. I'm mean, what are they going to do. I'm mean, people can't even get a job these days. Let alone credit. You want them to starve

  Capt. Barney Miller : Professor...

  Professor Vincent Thorndyke : Or would they rather have them going out on the street clubbing each other over the head for a loaf of bread or a couple of stinkin' bucks. I'm educating people here pal. Getting people to use their brains not their fists. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  Capt. Barney Miller : Book'em

• Estelle Bobus : We're sorry about this Professor

  Professor Vincent Thorndyke : Hey, wait a minute, Bobus and Kestner, Right ?

  Estelle Bobus : Right

  Professor Vincent Thorndyke : You know, the check the two of you gave me for tuition. It bounced.

  Wilma Kestner : We thought you would be pleased.

• Capt. Barney Miller : Wojo, don't you have things to do ?

  Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz : Yeah, but why the hell bother ?

  Capt. Barney Miller : Wojo !

  Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz : Barn, these guys come breezin' in here, acting like they own the damn world, like we're the one getting in the way. You might as well chuck the whole right now, and just go sit out on the street

  Capt. Barney Miller : My office.

  Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz : What's that going to accomplish ?

  Det. Ron Harris : Barn, he's got a point

  Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich : I got dibs on the curb

  Capt. Barney Miller : Come on, it's just a building. And a damn lousy one at that. I mean, we... we sweat like pigs in the summertime, freeze our tails off in the winter. I got a bathroom that is an embarrassment. The roof leaks. You really want my opinion, we should have been out of here years ago.

  Joseph Saxon : Roof, huh ?

  Capt. Barney Miller : All right, it's been home, we've done some fine work here. But, they can't take that away from us. What would be so terrible if we... we moved to some nicer quarters ? Someplace with a... electric typewriters. With a bathroom that is a bathroom. A window that actually looks out on something. What would be so terrible ? The point is, what's the difference where we work, as long as we're working together ?

  Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz : I hear they got a Mr. Coffee over at Manhattan South .

  Capt. Barney Miller : Oh, there you go. Why don't you grab yourself a cup, when you drop off the professor there. You can head on home from there.

  Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz : Thanks Barney

  Capt. Barney Miller : You guys too, it's almost check-out time you go ahead on home.

  Det. Ron Harris : Thank you Barney

  Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich : I feel better

  Jack Norrell : Listen Captain, I think we will be heading out to. We're going take a look at that roof... hey, nice speech

  Capt. Barney Miller : Thank you

  Professor Vincent Thorndyke : You know, he's right, this place is in a lot of trouble

  Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz : Leave it alone

  Professor Vincent Thorndyke : If it's a matter of a deed, low interest...

  Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz : Leave it alone

  Det. Ron Harris : Barn, Arthur and I are going to stop for a bite, do you want to join us

  Capt. Barney Miller : No, I have some paperwork to finish up

  Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich : Better hurry

  Capt. Barney Miller : Good Night

  Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich : See you, Barn

  Det. Ron Harris : Good Night, Barney