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Quotes from ‘The Tenure Turbulence’

The Tenure Turbulence

The Tenure Turbulence
Season 6, Episode 20 - Aired April 4, 2013

When a tenured position opens up at the university, Leonard, Sheldon and Raj compete for the job. The competition intensifies when the girls get involved.

Quote from Sheldon

Sheldon: Well, that's a fine how-do-you-do. (To Amy) Don't just stand there. Take your breasts out.

Quote from Amy

Amy: Seriously, is that tape? Like, how are they staying up like that?

Quote from Amy

Amy: You're all wasting your time. Sheldon is the most qualified for the job. And no amount of gravity-defying bosom is going to change that.

Quote from Sheldon

Raj: Yeah, screw it. I'm going in.
Sheldon: Wait. Hold on. I believe screw it, I'm going in, is what I said to your mother last night.

Quote from Howard

Leonard: Oh, you do what you want. But I don't want to lose my friends over tenure. Friends are forever.
Howard: *Coughing* So is tenure.

Quote from Sheldon

Mrs. Davis: Roots?
Sheldon: The tragic history of slavery in America. Fun for the whole family.
Mrs. Davis:: Why would you think this is an appropriate gift?
Sheldon: Umm. Well, you are black, right?

Quote from Sheldon

Sheldon: Are you implying my girlfriend doesn't have any sexuality to exploit?
Raj: Yes.
Sheldon: Okay, because that was not clear.

Quote from Raj

Sheldon: That was ambiguous.
Raj: Well, now it's biguous.

Quote from Sheldon

Sheldon: If we really want science to advance, people should have chips implanted in their skulls that explode when they say something stupid.

Quote from Leonard

Leonard: I just keep thinking how cool it would be if I called my mom and told her that I got tenure at Caltech.
Penny: She'd be proud, huh?
Leonard: Oh, very. Assuming she takes my call.

Quote from Leonard

Leonard: (To Penny) Way to hit 'em with both barrels.

Quote from Barry Kripke

Kripke: If you need my nose, you'll find it firmly lodged up the rectum of the tenure committee.

Quote from Raj

Raj: I have a thick accent. You don't know what I said.

Quote from Sheldon

Leonard: My point is, immortality is not only a possibility, it is real.
Raj: Only if you're this jellyfish which periodically reverts to a mass of undifferentiated protoplasm.
Sheldon: If I could keep my gMail account, I'd be okay with that.

Quote from Sheldon

Sheldon: I must say, I go back and fourth between this whole boyfriend-girlfriend thing, but those moments when you worship me really keep you in the running

Quote from Sheldon

Sheldon: While I disagree with the premise of tenure, if they gave it to me, it wouldn't diminish my output. You know, I'm like the sun. Can't turn this off.

Quote from Raj

Raj: Born in New Delhi, the third son of an itinerant gynaecologist, I showed early signs of genius. At age five, I discovered a celestial object which later turned out to be the moon.

Quote from Amy

Sheldon: I won't be able to make our date night this Thursday, so, bad news for you.
Amy: Well you better have a good excuse this time. Because trimming Q-tips to fit your ears right is obvious nonsense.

Quote from Sheldon

Sheldon: I don't know what you're doing, but I was about to insinuate that I had coitus with Raj's mother for a dollar.

Quote from Barry Kripke

Barry Kripke: I'd love to babysit for you. Kids love me. Something about me just makes them waff and waff.

Quote from Sheldon

Sheldon: Sheldon Cooper does not do cozy.

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