55+ The Office Senior Quotes That Would Make Michael Scott Proud

Moumita Dutta
Dec 12, 2023 By Moumita Dutta
Originally Published on Jan 08, 2021
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' The Office' is an American sitcom and deals with the lives of those who work at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

This TV series aired from 2005 and came to an end in 2013 after nine seasons and 201 episodes. Michael Scott, Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute are the three major characters of the show.

In one of the episodes, a yearbook was shown in Jim's house. People usually write funny and witty things in their yearbooks.

While Michael is the boss, he is fun-loving. Jim is cool and always pranks on his dear colleague Dwight. So if you are a fan of this TV show continue reading these lovely quotes to have a good time!

If you find our content interesting then do check out Dwight Schrute quotes and 'The Office Christmas quotes!

Best Senior Quotes From 'The Office'

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Here are some of the best 'The Office' quotes. These also include funny senior quotes from 'The Office' which are bound to be liked by everyone. These include work place quotes of Michael, Jim, Dwight and Kelly Kapoor.  

1." Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It's like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, ‘Hey, man, I love you this many dollars worth.’"

— Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Two, Episode 10, 'Christmas Party'.

2. "Business is like a jungle. And I... am like a tiger. And Dwight is like a monkey, that stabs the tiger in the back with a stick."

— Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode Three, 'The Coup'.

3. "Jan: I'm returning your call. You said it was urgent?

Michael Scott: It is urgent. I just wanted to call and wish you a happy birthday."

— 'The Office', Season Two, Episode 10, 'Christmas Party'.

4. "Dwight: Dwight Schrute, Assistant Regional Manager.

Andy: Andy Bernard, Regional Director in charge of Sales.

Dwight: So, you'll be reporting to me, then...

Andy: Um, on the contrary...

Dwight: My title has 'manager' it is...

Andy: And I'm a 'director'...."

— 'The Office', Season Three, Episode Eight, 'The Merger'.

5. "Guess what, I have flaws. What are they? Oh, I don't know. I sing in the shower. Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me... No, don't sue me. That is the opposite of the point that I'm trying to make."

— Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Four, Episode One, 'Fun Run'.

6. "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica."

— Jim Halpert, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode 21, 'Product Recall'.

7. "I talk a lot, so I’ve learned to tune myself out."

– Kelly Kapoor, 'The Office', Season Seven, Episode Two, 'Counseling'.

8. "The last few weeks things have been changing here. Sabre says it is our duty to support the sales team. And the salesmen are letting it go to their heads."

— Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Six, Episode 20, 'New Leads'.

9. "And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do."

— Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Five, Episode 14, 'Stress Relief'.

10. "Dwight: All right, who did this? I'm not mad, I just want to know who did it so I can punish them.

Jim: What are you talking about?

Dwight: Uh, someone, uh, forged medical information, and that is a felony."

— 'The Office', Season One, Episode Three, 'Health Care'.

11. "An office is for not dying. An office is a place to live life to the fullest, to the max, to... An office is a place where dreams come true."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Five, Episode 14, 'Stress Relief'.

12. "Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Five, Episode 12, 'The Duel'.

13. "I can't believe you came."

- Dwight Schrute,'The Office', Season Nine, Episode 23, 'Finale'.

Michael Scott Quotes From ‘The Office’

If you hope to have better days, then you must check out every quote by Michael Scott.

14. "Well, I am taking responsibility. It is up to me to get rid of the curse that hit Meredith with my car. I’m not superstitious, but… I’m… I am a little-stitious."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Four, Episode One, 'Fun Run'.

15. "I am running away from my responsibilities. And it feels good."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Four, Episode Seven, 'Money'.

16. "Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Two, Episode Six, 'The Fight'.

17. "Michael: Jim, good party, huh? Just a little something I whipped up. You know, a little morale boost. No big deal.

Jim: Speaking of which, I meant to tell you. Very impressive, the uh, donation you gave to Oscar's charity. What was it? 25 bucks?"

- 'The Office', Season One, Episode Four, 'The Alliance'.

18. "Well, it's love at first sight. Actually, it was... No, it was when I heard her voice. It was love at first see with my ears."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Four, Episode 18, 'Goodbye, Toby'.

19. "Whether you’re scared of dying, or dying alone, or dying drunk in a ditch, don’t be. It’s going to be OK."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Seven, Episode 22, 'Goodbye Michael'.

20. "Toby is in HR which technically means he works for corporate. So he's not really a part of our family. Also he's divorced... so he's not really a part of his family."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Two, Episode Two, 'Sexual Harassment'.

21. "Fool me once, strike one. Fool me twice, strike three."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode 13, 'Traveling Salesmen'.

22. "Webster's Dictionary defines wedding as: The fusing of two metals with a hot torch."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode 16, 'Phyllis' Wedding'.

23. "Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you are getting the best possible information."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode 19, 'The Negotiation'.

24. "Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office', Season Two, Episode Six, 'The Fight'.

Jim Halpert Quotes From 'The Office'

Jim is one of the lovable characters of the show and here are some of his finest quotes from the TV show.

25. "One day, Michael came in complaining about a speed bump on the highway... I wonder who he ran over then."

- Jim Halpert, 'The Office', Season Four, Episode One, 'Fun Run'.

26. "Pam: You can flirt with someone to get what you want and also be attracted to them. How do you think we got together?

Jim: 'Cause I stopped by your desk 15 times a day.

Pam: I was after your money.

Jim: Well the joke was on you.

Pam: Yes it was."

- 'The Office', Season Six, Episode 23, 'Body Language'.

27. "Dwight: I need you to promise me that you'll be on your best behavior.

Jim: I promised other people that I'd be on my worst behavior, and I gave 'em my word so…"

- 'The Office', Season Seven, Episode 23, 'Dwight.K.Schrute (Acting) Manager'.

28. "Everything I have I owe to this job...this stupid, wonderful, boring, amazing job."

- Jim Halpert, 'The Office', Season Nine, Episode 23, 'Finale'.

29. "Pam: I think Michael may have snapped.

Jim: Or maybe he's just stuck in character.

Pam: Which is worse? Snapped or stuck?

Jim: Both. They're both worse."

- 'The Office', Season Six, Episode 10, 'Murder'.

30. "Jim: OK, listen, we need to assume that everyone in the office is forming an alliance and is, therefore, trying to get us kicked off.

Dwight: God...dammit! Why us?!

Jim: Because we're strong, Dwight. Because we're strong."

- Jim Halpert, 'The Office', Season One, Episode Five, 'The Alliance'.

31. "Stanley just drank OJ out of my mug and didn't seem to realize that it wasn't his hot coffee. So the question has to be asked, is there no limit to what he won't notice?"

- Jim Halpert, 'The Office', Season Seven, Episode Six, 'Costume Contest'.

32. "Dwight: You're a good assistant Jim.

Jim: Not as good as you.

Dwight: That's very true. Get the hell out of here."

- 'The Office', Season Nine, Episode 22, 'A.A.R.M.'.

33. "Pam: What else was there?

Jim: Bottomless champagne.

Pam: Yes. We never found that bottom did we?"

- Jim Halpert, 'The Office', Season Seven,  Episode 15, 'PDA'.

34. "Jim: I'm really sorry, but I have to let you go, and it's purely budgetary; it's not personal.

Michael Scott: Aaaahh! I'm gonna kill myself!

Jim: Wow.

Michael Scott: I'm going to kill myself, and it's your fault!

Jim: That's an overreaction."

- 'The Office', Season Two, Episode Five, 'Halloween:.

35. "Jim Halpert: Wow, that's a lot of keys.

Dwight Schrute: The bigger the key chain, the more powerful the man.

Jim Halpert: That's right. The janitor said that."

- 'The Office', Season Seven, Episode One, 'Nepotism'.

Dwight Schrute Funny Quotes

Enlisted below are some of the funniest quotes by our beloved and erratic Dwight.

36. "Jim is my enemy. But it turns out that Jim is also his own worst enemy. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So Jim, is actually my friend. But, because he is his own worst enemy, the enemy of my friend is my enemy so actually Jim is my enemy."

- Dwight Schrute, 'The Office', Season Six, Episode Eight, 'Koi Pond'.

37. "Jim: I think it's time for you to bury the hatchet.

Dwight: Waste of a good hatchet."

- 'The Office', Season Nine, Episode 23, 'Finale'.

38. "Jim: Why is there so much saliva?

Dwight: All I had to do was think about pie and my salivary glands did the rest."

- Dwight Schrute, 'The Office', Season Eight, Episode 18, 'Last Day In Florida'.

39. "Dwight: Through concentration, I can raise and lower my cholesterol at will.

Pam: Why would you want to raise your cholesterol?

Dwight: So I can lower it."

- 'The Office', Season One, Episode Three, 'Health Care'.

40. "Of all of the vermin in God's great green kingdom, lice are the ones I detest the most."

- Dwight Schrute, 'The Office', Season Nine, Episode 10, 'Lice'.

41. "Mr. Brown: Now, this is a simple acronym. HERO. Uh, at Diversity Today, we believe it is very easy to be a hero. All you need are honesty, empathy, respect, and open-mindedness.

Dwight: Excuse me, I'm sorry, but that's not all it takes to be a hero."

- 'The Office', Season One, Episode Two, 'Diversity Day'.

42. "People underestimate the power of nostalgia. If baseball can use it to get people to care about that worthless sport, then I can use it to get my siblings to care about the farm."

- Dwight Schrute, 'The Office', Season Nine, Episode 17, 'The Farm'.

43. "You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to beg for mercy. You have the right to request judgment by combat. Dwight's rights."

- Dwight Schrute, 'The Office', Season Eight, Episode 13, 'Jury Duty'.

44. "I'm a deer hunter. I go all the time with my dad. One thing about deer, they have very good vision. One thing about me, I am better at hiding than they are... at vision."

- Dwight Schrute, 'The Office', Season One, Episode Four, 'The Alliance'.

Other Character Quotes Of Dunder Mifflin

'The Office' had a lot of other important characters and here are some of the quotes by the characters of Dunder Mifflin. Here you will find quotes by Kelly Kapoor, Andy Bernard and Ryan Howard.

45. "I don't think Michael intended to punish me, by putting Ryan back here with Kelly - but, if he did intend that? Wow... genius."

- Toby, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode 19, 'The Negotiation'.

46. "Kelly: I swallowed a tapeworm last night. It's going to grow up to three feet inside of me, and then it eats all my food so that I don't get fat, and then, after three months I take some medicine and I pass it - Creed sold it to me, it's from Mexico.

Creed: That wasn't a tapeworm."

- 'The Office', Season Five, Episode One, 'Weight Loss'.  

47. "Michael: I'm an early bird, and I'm a night owl. So I'm wise, and I have worms. Oh, breakfast.

Ryan: I got your sausage, egg and cheese biscuit.

Michael: Yummy, yummy. Thank you, Ryan."

- 'The Office', Season Two, Episode Three, 'Office Olympics'.

48. "It's performance review day, company-wide. Last year, my performance review started with Michael asking me what my hopes and dreams were, and it ended with him telling me he could bench-press 190 pounds. So, I don't really know what to expect."

- Pam Beesly, 'The Office', Season Two, Episode Eight, 'Performance Review'.

49. "I should probably get back to work."

- Pam Beesly, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode Eight, 'The Merger'.

50. "Jan: What're you doing here?!

Dwight: We came to eat dinner, and to party - this is, a...dinner party, right?

Pam: Awesome!"

- 'The Office', Season Four, Episode 13, 'Dinner Party'.

51. "The Dundies are kind of like a kid's birthday party, and you go, and there's really nothing for you to do there, but the kid's having a really good time, so you're, you're kinda there, that's...that's kinda what it's like."

- Oscar, 'The Office', Season Two, Episode One, 'The Dundies'.

52. "Holly: Who's that woman in Michael's office, with the feet?

Oscar: That's his ex.

Holly: Oh, she's...she's very beautiful...

Oscar: Yes, she is...and clinically insane."

- 'The Office', Season Five, Episode One, 'Weight Loss'.

53. "Jim: Wait, what are you writing? Don't write ebola or mad cow disease, all right? Because I'm suffering from both of them.

Pam: I'm inventing new diseases.

Jim: Oh, great."

- 'The Office', Season One, Episode Three, 'Health Care'.

54. "I wake up every morning in a bed that's too small, drive my daughter to a school that's too expensive, and then I go to work to a job for which I get paid too little, but on Pretzel Day? Well, I like Pretzel Day."

- Stanley, 'The Office', Season Three, Episode Five, 'Initiation'.

55. "Michael: Stanley, earth to Stanley!

Stanley : Not me.

Michael: Yes you. Come on, Stanley, put your little game down and join the group.

Stanley: No.

Michael: Stanley, we're having a little-

Stanley: Leave me alone damn it.

Michael: We're having a brainstorm session!

Stanley: Did I stutter!"

- 'The Office', Season Five, Episode 16, 'Did I Stutter'.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for the office senior quotes then why not take a look at 'The Office' love quotes and 'The Office' birthday quotes?

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Written by Moumita Dutta

Bachelor of Arts specializing in Journalism and Mass Communication, Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Management

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Moumita DuttaBachelor of Arts specializing in Journalism and Mass Communication, Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Management

A content writer and editor with a passion for sports, Moumita has honed her skills in producing compelling match reports and stories about sporting heroes. She holds a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Calcutta University, alongside a postgraduate diploma in Sports Management.

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