- Narrator: Kids, I've been telling you the story of how I met your mother, and while there's many things to learn from this story, this may be the biggest. The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do, they'll also be the things that happen to you. Now, I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life, you have to take action, and you will. But never forget that on any day, you can step out the front door and your whole life can change forever. You see, the universe has a plan kids, and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings, and it starts to rain. It's a scary thought but it's also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure that you end up exactly where you're supposed to be, exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place at the right time.
- Marshall Eriksen: This is a pie chart describing my favorite bars. And this is a bar graph describing my favorite pies!
- Narrator: So there you have it, kids, theres a lot of little reasons why the big things in our lives happen. If I had known then where all those little things were leading me and how grateful I'd be to get there... well, I probably would have done something like this.
- [Ted goes to every person involved and gives them a hug]
- Narrator: Because somehow I ended up at the right place at the right time. And as a result, my life would never be the same.
- Robin Scherbatsky: You better bring an umbrella. Chuckles the Weather Clown says it's going to rain.
- Ted Mosby: You have a clown who does the weather? That's a little cheesy, isn't it?
- Robin Scherbatsky: Cheesy? Tell me again what the building you're designing looks like, Hoss?
- Ted Mosby: 200? As in "Sex with"?
- Barney Stinson: As in "Sex with". I request the highest of fives.
- Ted Mosby: Not even if I was wearing a hazmat suit.
- Ted Mosby: I could be designing concert halls, and bridges. Bridges that could be considered works of art and should be on museums. And I could design those museums. But instead, what am I designing? What has my career led to? A two-story Stetson with outdoor dining on the brim.
- Barney Stinson: [about Pauline, the woman bodybuilder he slept with] Every inch of her tasted like roast beef and creatine.