Ironside (TV Series)

A Death in Academe (1974)

Don Galloway: Det. Sgt. Ed Brown

Quotes 

• Det. Sgt. Ed Brown : Ah, 'the usable merit'. Some lunch?

  Prof. Riley MacDane : Sure. Are you going to buy?

  Det. Sgt. Ed Brown : No, you buy.

  Prof. Riley MacDane : Oh, no, no, no, you buy.

  Det. Sgt. Ed Brown : No, you buy.

  Prof. Riley MacDane : No, you buy.

  Det. Sgt. Ed Brown : It's your school.

• Robert T. Ironside : It depends. Sometimes yes; sometimes no.

  Det. Sgt. Ed Brown : That sounds a little inconsistent.

  Robert T. Ironside : Consistency, to paraphrase Emerson, is the hobgoblin of small minds.

  Robert T. Ironside : Maybe you'd like to paraphrase 'hobgoblin'? No? How about 'small minds'?