Deep inside all of us lies a malcontent loser with no hope, no future, and no hair. In real life, this inner loser manifested itself entirely into a Seinfeld character named George Costanza. Today, we look at twenty-six George Costanza quotes that speak to the sad sack of flesh we all know we really are:
I feel like my old self again. Totally inadequate, completely insecure, paranoid, neurotic. It's a pleasure.
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This is the kind of day that almost makes you feel good to be alive.
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My life is the complete opposite of everything I want to be.
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You know, if you take everything I've done in my entire life and condense it down into one day, it looks decent.
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My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents.
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Who buys an umbrella anyway? You can get them for free in the coffee shop in the metal cans.
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Feel? What's that?
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I was in the pool!
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When you look annoyed all the time, people think that you're busy.
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If she can't find me, she can't break up with me.
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Jerry, let's face it: I've always been handicapped. I'm just now getting the recognition for it.
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My whole life has been a complete waste of time.
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I'm much more comfortable criticizing people behind their backs.
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Believe it or not, George isn't home. Please leave a message at the beep. I must be out or I'd pick up the phoen. Where could I be? Believe it or not, I'm not home.
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It's like those hip musicians with their complicated shoes.
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But I'm disturbed. I'm depressed. I'm inadequate. I got it all!
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Well, the jerk-store called. They're running out of you.
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A man without hand is not a man.
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I proclaim this the summer of George!
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I don't want hope. Hope is killing me. My dream is to become hopeless. When you're hopeless, you don't care. And when you don't care, that indifference makes you attractive.
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Like I don't know that I'm pathetic.
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Jerry! The Japanese guys had sake in the hot tub. You gotta get 'em outta the drawers and get 'em down here, or I don't have a focus group to sell the pilot to Japanese TV!
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And we'd be remiss if we didn't share some of George Costanza's finer moments on Seinfeld: