Classic Robert Quotes

*1985*
Robin: "Robbie, you look different today. Are you okay?"
Robert: "Every time I look at you, I suddenly become okay."

Green shirts: "They (referring to the people of the Asian Quarter) feel like they’ve lost their dream, commissioner."
Robert: "I understand that. I’m beginning to think I’ve lost mine too- finding Robin that is".

Another scene- Burt comments on Robert's affection for Robin, neither yet knowing he's her father.
Burt Ramsey (to Robert): "...When you don’t think anyone’s watching you, you get an expression on your face. It’s the...it’s the sweet goofy look of a doting father. "

Robert (to Anna): "Look! I don’t want Robin to know that I’m her father and you’re her mother just yet."
Anna: "Well I want to tell her Robert!"
Robert: "We can’t...it’ll increase the danger she’s already in."

*1987*
Sean, Robert, & Anna talking about Bobbie being infected with the MOX-36 virus.
Sean: "We all know how lethal that MOX-36 can be."
Robert: "Yeah, but Bobbie's a Spenser.  God help any germ that tries to take her out."

*1988*
Anna's trying to get rid of Robert so she can put on her new dress for a date with her husband, Duke.   Robert, who's on rocky terms with Duke, makes a parting shot before leaving.
Robert: "You can lead a horse to water, but that doesn't make him a duck."
Anna (confused): "oo..kay."

Later- both show up at Duke's Club later that night, & are stood up by their dates, Duke and Cheryl.
Robert (to an unhappy Anna): "Well ducks, we're both a couple of shags on the docks."

Another scene- An excited Tiffany bursts into the penthouse to announce her & Sean's wedding date.
Tiff: "Sean and I are getting married."
Robert (turning to Cheryl): "Oh that, well I'll talk to you later.
Tiff: "No, no, no, no, you didn't ask when."
Robert (teasing): "The impossible question."
Tiff: "Well, I have an answer. Thanksgiving weekend."  (Cheryl lets out a shout of joy)
Robert (smirking): "How appropriate, Turkey day."

Another scene- Katherine Delafield's upset to find a stranger, Robert, who's groggily hungover after Sean's bachelor party, living in her cottage.
Katherine: "Get out of my house or I'll call the police!"
Robert: "I am the police!"

*1991*
Robert's talking to the caterer's on the phone, trying to plan a romantic dinner with Anna.
Robert: "Rack of lamb? Okay. And... for starters? Oysters?  I don't want it to be quite that obvious. No, maybe a salad."

.... later that night, when Anna shows up....
Robert: "So tell me, little Anna, do I still scare you?"
Anna: "Lucky for us, yes."  (they kiss)

Robert and Anna are being shown to their room by Dominique.
Anna (admiring the paintings in the stairwell): "Are these Italian paintings?"
Dominique: "Oh yes, some of them are. My grandmother used to collect them, and then my father collected them."
Robert (smiling, refers to Anna's former occupation): "Anna used to collect them too, didn't you, dear?"
Anna (to Robert): "I could have made a fortune out of this place."

July scene- It's the day before the Scorpio wedding. Robert has an urge to go to the park, but doesn't understand why until he gets there and finds his old aboriginal friend, Tanganeeva, waiting for him. The two have an almost psychic connection, with Tanganeeva showing up when Robert's in trouble or undergoing a major change.
Tanganeeva: "Let us meet here, tonight, in the park. And Robert, bring Mac.
Robert (surprised): "How would you know that.... (he trails off, then smiles), of course you know. There's been some other changes as well."
Tanganeeva (smiling broadly): "Her name is Anna."

Robert's jumping on his wedding day and Mac's misplaced both Robert's cufflinks.
Robert (racing down the stairs): "Where the hell are my cufflinks?"
Mac: "Search me."
Robert: "That might be my next move." (So Robert takes Mac's clufflinks. Then Robert asks where the marriage license is, and Mac realizes he doesn't know)
Robert (to Mac who's digging through Sean's couch pillows): "Yeah, look, if you don't find it, Robin's gonna have your head!"

At the Outback, the Scorpios find Mac singing with a karokee machine, in preparation for the Outback's opening night.
Anna (to Mac): "Is this a karokee machine? Oh they're brillant. They're so fun, this is so great. This is great, Robert."
Robert: "Well, help yourself, Luv."
Anna: "No, no, no, we're a duet, hmm?"
Robert (kisses Anna): "The only duets we're doing are home in bed together."