Mr. Lippman

George · Mr. Lippman:George's firing scene: 'Is that correct?' / pause / 'Who said that?' / 'She did.' / 'Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?'

George · Mr. Lippman:After being fired, George asks: 'What about the whole Christmas-spirit thing? Any flexibility there?' / Boss: 'No.'

George · Mr. Lippman:George presents his boss with a letter — presumably from the cleaning woman — after being fired. The boss reads it in silence for 13 seconds.

Mr. Lippman · Elaine:Elaine's boss examines the Christmas card and says 'I'm not sure, and correct me if I'm wrong...' — long pause — 'but I think I see a nipple.'

Mr. Lippman · Elaine:It was a damp and chilly afternoon, so I decided to put on my sweatshirt! / You put an exclamation point after 'sweatshirt.' / That's correct. I felt that the character doesn't like to be chilly.

Mr. Lippman · Elaine:'I pulled the lever on the machine, but the Clark bar didn't come out!' / Again, exclamation point. / Well, you know how frustrating that can be when you keep putting quarters and quarters into a machine... and nothing comes out.

Mr. Lippman:I hate exclamation points.

Mr. Lippman · Kramer · Elaine:About coffee tables? That's fantastic. / Who's your publisher? / I'm still shopping it around. / Yeah? You see? This is the kind of idea you should be coming in with.

Mr. Lippman · Elaine · Kramer:What the hell do you do around here all day anyway? / Well, I read manuscripts... / The Indian really completes the room. / Don't you think?

Mr. Lippman · Estelle Costanza · Kramer:I know this coffee table. It's George Costanza's. / It's mine. I'm his mother. / Oh, I haven't seen George for a while. He must be working very hard. / George doesn't work. He's a bum. That's why he lives at home with us.

Elaine · Mr. Lippman:Thank you, Mr. Lippman. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this. I mean, of course, I deserve it.

Mr. Lippman · Kramer:Well, that's quite a honk. / Thank you.

Mr. Lippman · Matsushimi executives:I'm sorry. I can't shake your hand right now. Germs. [Lippman refuses to shake the Japanese executive's hand because he's already used the handkerchief]

Elaine · Mr. Lippman:Mr. Lippman compliments Elaine's glasses, offers to give them to him, and then gives them away anyway — the glasses continue circulating

Mr. Lippman:Why is it every half-wit and sitcom star has his own book out now?

Mr. Lippman:I'll tell you, that's a million-dollar idea right there. Just sell the tops.

Elaine · Mr. Lippman:You're making just the muffin tops. You gotta make the whole muffin. Then you pop the top, toss the stump.

Elaine · Mr. Lippman:Do you really think we need the exclamation point? Because it's not, 'Top of the muffin to you!' No, no, it is.

Elaine Benes · Mr. Lippman:Tongue? / Yeah. / I didn't try that till I was 23. / Well, this kid's not just a man, he's a man's man.

Elaine Benes · Mr. Lippman:If you weren't Jewish, you wouldn't be interested. / You are wrong. I'll prove it. / Oh, no, don't. / I renounce Judaism.