Frasier (TV Series)

Chess Pains (1996)

David Hyde Pierce: Dr. Niles Crane

Quotes 

• Dr. Niles Crane : There's a saying: "In every boy's life, the moment of greatest joy and greatest sorrow is when he defeats his father for the first time."

  Dr. Frasier Crane : If you're suggesting that I'm afraid to beat Dad, you can just stop right there.

  Dr. Niles Crane : O.K. The other option is, he's better than you.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : You were saying?

  Dr. Niles Crane : Sooner or later, the son eclipses the father. It's the natural order. Yet it's frequently a stumbling block because the son's competitive stirrings are accompanied by tremendous feelings of guilt.

• Dr. Niles Crane : [about his new dog]  She's a bit high strung, but, she's terribly well-bred. When I tried to pet her, she'd have none of it.

• Dr. Frasier Crane : [Frasier shows his antique chess set to Niles]  Paris 1882, designed by Jean-Francois Blon, while attending L'Ecole des Beaux Arts!

  Dr. Niles Crane : Mon Dieu! It's absolutely breathtaking! I'm breathless!

  [gasps] 

  Dr. Niles Crane : I need to take a breath.

• Daphne Moon : Feeling a bit lonely, are we?

  Dr. Niles Crane : Only some times when I'm by myself, or other times when I'm with other people.

• Dr. Niles Crane : The city streets play havoc with her delicate little feet, so I have to go home and pumice her paw-pads!