You do not make youngest department head by catching your rival during a trust fall.

Olivia

Frasier: I don’t think that would be fair. He’s got enough to worry about with his job. I don’t want him to have to worry about my fears as well.
Eve: I get it, but can I give you some advice?
Frasier: Of course.
Eve: You know how sometimes monsters in a movie are scarier when you can’t see them. Well, maybe if you talk to Freddy about his job, then you won’t be so scared for him, and he’ll get the emotional support that he needs.

Now, decades later, I have a son who has chosen the one job more dangerous than being a police officer.

You just took me back to my childhood. My father was a police officer. When he would work late, my brother and I would lie in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering if we’d ever see him again.

There’s got to be a fire somewhere. No, like a good fire, like a meth lab full of Yankees fans.

Freddy

I’m not a dog person. Shoo. You think you’re going to wear me down? Trust me, I have had years of experience. I outlasted that little mongrel, and I’ll outlast you.

Freddy: My Dad is always so dismissive of my job. I honestly don’t think he’ll ever understand why I do what I do.
Eve: Maybe he would if he saw you in action.
Freddy: Oh, sure. I’ll just start a small grease fire. See where it goes.

Alan: You will rue the day you fought me over Shakespeare and Middleton. You know, you have made the greatest mistake of your life.
Eve: The greatest mistake of my life was not saying I love you to my boyfriend the morning he left and never came back.
Alan: Well, you’ve made the second greatest mistake of your life.

Some kids get to spend their summers playing baseball; I got to categorize my Dad’s wine cellar.

Freddy

Eve: And for the final category, wine.
Frasier: Stand back. I’ve got this.

Frasier: Alright, I know what you two are thinking. Here comes the Harvard lecturer in his hackneyed tweed.
Freddy: No, but I was thinking, how long is it going to take my Dad to mention he’s teaching at Harvard? Under a minute. That’s impressive.
Frasier: So, just a bit longer than you actually attended Harvard.

Alan: You’re rich. You’re famous. Your students love you. For some reason, you smell naturally of sandalwood. What more could you possibly want?
Frasier: I wanted to make an impact. I wanted to realize the potential I had when I set off on this career path forty years ago.

Frasier Quotes

Alan: And how are things between you two? I remember how tense it was when he dropped out of Harvard.
Frasier: All these years later, I still don’t get it, but he’s forging his own path, and I support that.
Alan: And I believe you. Oh, look, now we’re both liars.

Alan: I still can’t believe how big TV personality Frasier Crane walks away from his talk show.
Frasier: It was time. I told them get off your knees and stop begging. I’m already out the door.
Alan: And things with Charlotte?
Frasier: She told me the same thing. But it was for the best. After 20 years in Chicago, It was time for George Bailey to get that old bag out of the closet and see the world.