The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Herb Garden Germination (2011)

Jim Parsons: Sheldon Cooper

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Quotes 

• [Leonard walks into the apartment with takeout] 

  Leonard : Hope you're hungry.

  Sheldon : Interesting. A friendly sentiment in this country... cruel taunt in the Sudan. It's a lesson in context.

• Sheldon : I must say, Amy, pretending to have intercourse with you has given me a great deal of satisfaction.

• [Amy is telling Sheldon about her addiction research] 

  Amy : I recently trained a capuchin monkey to smoke cigarettes.

  Sheldon : Have you learned anything?

  Amy : Yes. He looks much cooler than the non-smoking monkeys. Although it's not much of a contest. The other monkeys just sit around and masturbate.

• [Sheldon and Leonard are playing Wii archery] 

  Sheldon : What an elf I would have made.

• Sheldon : I've been thinking about Dr. Greene's efforts to make science palatable for the masses.

  Leonard : Yeah? What about it?

  Sheldon : That's all. I've just been thinking about it. Now I'm thinking about fractal equations. Now I'm thinking about the origin of the phrase "train of thought." Now I'm thinking about trains.

  Raj Koothrappali : Are you listening to this guy?

  Howard Wolowitz : Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry, I was somewhere else.

  Leonard : Lucky bastard!

  Sheldon : Now I'm thinking about Jell-o.

• Sheldon : I'm no stranger to memetic epidemiology. At Johnson Elementary School, the phrase "Shelly Cooper's a smelly pooper" spread like wildfire.

  Amy : I should think so. That's gold.

• Amy : I described your lovemaking as aloof, but effective.

  Sheldon : I wish you hadn't done that! That's going to make me a chick magnet, and I'm so busy as it is.

• [Howard has announced his intention to propose to Bernadette, but Leonard and Sheldon heard that she was planning on breaking up with him] 

  Leonard : Poor guy. He's gonna be blindsided.

  Raj Koothrappali : [grinning like an idiot]  I know. It'll be awful!

  Sheldon : Why are you smiling?

  Leonard : [knowing Raj has a crush on Bernadette]  Yeah, Raj, why?

• Amy : [proposing her gossip experiment]  Are you familiar with meme theory?

  Sheldon : I'm familiar with everything, but go on.

• [first lines] 

  Brian Greene : My new book, 'The Hidden Reality', takes on a grand question: Is *our* universe the only universe? You see, there's a growing belief among scientists like me that ours may only be one among many universes populating a gigantic cosmos. In 'The Hidden Reality' I explore this possibility without presuming any knowledge of mathematics or physics on the part of the reader.

  Sheldon : [to Amy]  Hysterical.

  Amy : [to Sheldon]  I'm glad you talked me into this. We work so hard sometimes it's nice to goof off and do something silly.

  Sheldon : Agreed. Yo, wait 'til you hear how he dumbs down Werner Heisenberg for the crowd. You may actually believe you're in a comedy club.

  Brian Greene : You can think about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle much like the special order menu that you find in certain Chinese restaurants where you have dishes in column A and other dishes in column B, and if you order the first dish in column A you can't order the corresponding dish in column B; that's sort of like the Uncertainty Principle.

  Sheldon : Ba-dum-bump.

• Amy : Bernadette just asked about my sexual encounter with you. The meme has reached full penetration.

  Sheldon : Pun intended?

  Amy : No. Happy accident.

  Sheldon : This is remarkable. Took less than 24 hours.

  Amy : I should let you know that she asked for details about our dalliance.

  Sheldon : Interesting. So it went beyond the mere fact of coitus to a blow-by-blow, as it were.

  Amy : Pun intended?

  Sheldon : I'm sorry, what pun?

• Amy : Do you have any ethical qualms regarding human experimentation?

  Sheldon : It's one of the few forms of interaction with people that I don't find repellent.

• Sheldon : Dr. Greene, question?

  Brian Greene : Yes?

  Sheldon : You've dedicated your life's work to educating the general populace about complex scientific ideas.

  Brian Greene : Yes, in part.

  Sheldon : Have you ever considered trying to do something useful?