It's hard to believe that we said goodbye to our favorite Pawnee, Indiana residents almost six years ago. But that doesn’t mean we’re not just as obsessed with NBC’s hit show Parks and Recreation as we used to be.
No matter when or where, rewatching our favorite characters like Leslie Knope, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer and Ron Swanson has reminded us just how hilarious and lovable the comedy series was. So, we’re taking a trip down memory lane and remembering the 30 best Parks and Rec quotes.
1. “Time is money; Money is power; Power is pizza; Pizza is knowledge. Let’s go!” —April Ludgate (Season 6, Episode, 10)
2. “Everything hurts and I'm dying.” —Leslie Knope, (Season 4, Episode, 17)
3. “Just remember, every time you look up at the moon, I, too, will be looking at a moon. Not the same moon, obviously. That's impossible.” —Andy Dwyer (Season 6, Episode 5)
4. “I am a goddess, a glorious female warrior.” —Leslie Knope (Season 4, Episode 4)
5. “I’m fine. It’s just that life is pointless and nothing matters and I’m always tired.” —Andy Dwyer (Season 5, Episode 15)
6. “It’s like I always say, ‘When life gives you lemons, you sell some of your grandma’s jewelry, and go clubbing.’” —Jean Ralphio (Season 6, Episode 1)
7. “Sometimes you gotta work a little so you can ball a lot.” —Tom Haverford (Season 5, Episode 6)
8. “If I keep my body moving, and my mind occupied at all times, I will avoid falling into a bottomless pit of despair.”—Chris Traeger, (Season 4, Episode 21)
9. “There has never been a sadness that can’t been cured by breakfast food.”—Ron Swanson (Season 6, Episode 13)
10. “Put some alcohol in your mouth to block the words from coming out.”—Ron Swanson (Season 6, Episode 18)
11. “Boss man, I wanna go home early. Ooh, hold on actually, hang on. Yeah, no, I wanna quit and never come here again.”—Mona Lisa (Season 6, Episode 1)
12. “Treat yo self.”—Donna Meagle and Tom Haverford (Season 4, Episode 4)
13. “We need to remember what's important in life: Friends, waffles and work. Or waffles, friends, work. It doesn't matter. But work is third.” —Leslie Knope, (Season 3, Episode 13)
14. “I guess my thoughts on abortion are, you know, let's all just have a good time.” —Bobby Newport (Season 4, Episode 20)
15. “Jogging is the worst. I know it keeps you healthy, but God, at what cost?” —Ann Perkins (Season 4, Episode 7)
16. “One person’s annoying is another’s inspiring and heroic.” —Leslie Knope (Season 6, Episode 5)
17. “Do I look like I drink water?” —Donna Meagle (Season 4, Episode 17)
18. “I really only listen to, like, German Death Reggae and Halloween sound effects records from the 1950s. And Bette Midler. Obviously.” —April Ludgate (Season 5, Episode 21)
19. “I regret nothing. The end.” —Ron Swanson (Season 5, Episode 17)
20. “I have never taken the high road. But I tell other people to ‘cause then there’s more room for me on the low road.” —Tom Haverford (Season 2, Episode 8)
21. “No one achieves anything alone.” —Leslie Knope (Season 5, Episode 13)
22. “I have no idea what I’m doing, but I know I’m doing it really, really well.” —Andy Dwyer (Season 2, Episode 9)
23. “I would like a glass of red wine and I’ll take the cheapest one you have because I can’t tell the difference.” —Leslie Knope (Season 4, Episode 1)
24. “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I read that one on a can of lemonade. I like to think it applies to life.” —Andy Dwyer (Season 3, Episode 15)
25. “No, that’s Buckingham Palace. Hogwarts is fictional. You do know that, don’t you? It’s important to me that you know that.” —Ben Wyatt (Season 6, Episode 1)
26. “Ugh. I hate talking to people about things.” —April Ludgate (Season 3, Episode 13)
27. “When Andy and I used to go to the movies, he would always try to guess the ending of the movie. And he would always guess that the main character had been dead the whole time. Even when we saw Ratatouille.” —Ann Perkins (Season 2, Episode 2)
28. “You know my code. Hoes before bros. Uteruses before duderuses. Ovaries before brovaries.” —Leslie Knope (Season 2, Episode 16)
29. “I stand behind my decision to avoid salad and other disgusting things.” —Leslie Knope (Season 4, Episode 5)
30. “Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here, and it says you could have network connectivity problems.” —Andy Dwyer (Season 2, Episode 2)