Daria (TV Series)

The Misery Chick (1997)

Lisa Collins: Sandi Griffin, Brittany Taylor

Quotes 

• Mr. O'Neill : "It is better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all." Just what is Lord Tennyson talking about? Brittany?

  Brittany : Um, love?

  Mr. O'Neill : Anyone else? Daria?

  Daria : Well, he's acknowledging that if something makes you feel good, like being in love, there must be a corresponding painful side, like losing a love, and that it's just a fact of life.

  Mr. O'Neill : Sad, but true.

  Daria : And what's intriguing about it is that no one calls Tennyson a big unhappiness freak just because he understands that.

  Mr. O'Neill : Is he a big unhappiness freak?

  Daria : No, he's a realist. He says, "Emotional involvement brings pleasure and extraordinary pain." Then he declares that it's better than feeling nothing at all.

  Mr. O'Neill : That is excellent, Daria.

  Daria : Of course, this was before the advent of community property laws.

• Brittany : So you're saying that feeling bad, about not feeling worse, is good.

• Tommy Sherman : [Brittany ties her shoes and see a pair of unfamiliar feet, she slowly looks up]  Keep going, it gets better.

  [revealing the feet belong to Tommy Sherman] 

  Tommy Sherman : Hello beautiful, I see one about Lawndale football has improved a lot, since I was unanimously voted most valuable player, the cheerleaders.

  Brittany : YOU'RE TOMMY SHERMAN!

  Tommy Sherman : You know your sports.

  Brittany : My boyfriend's Kevin Thompson, he's quarterback of the team, HE WORSHIPS YOU!

  Tommy Sherman : That's great, listen they're putting me up at the Lawndale Manor. How about you and I head back there, order some champagne, get horizontal, and you can find out how big a hero I am.

  Brittany : Didn't you hear what I said, my BOYFRIEND IS YOUR BIGGEST FAN!

  Tommy Sherman : What are you telling me he wants to watch? I don't know.

  [Brittany slaps Tommy in the face and walks away] 

  Tommy Sherman : Alright, alright he can watch. HEY WHERE YA GOING, DID SOMEONE FLASH THE BIMBO SIGNAL?