Happy birthday, Amy Poehler! The beloved comedian, writer and Saturday Night Live alum turns 45 on September 15, 2016.
Poehler (finally!) won her first Emmy on Sunday, sharing an award with her “comedy wife” Tina Fey for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for their recent guest appearance on SNL.
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Prior to that, she was nominated for six Emmys for playing the quirky and effervescent government employee Leslie Knope in NBC’s Parks and Recreation. The show wrapped up last year, but Leslie Knope remains one of the funniest, most quotable characters in recent TV memory.
In honor of Poehler’s birthday, launch the gallery to look back on some of Leslie Knope’s funniest one-liners!
“The thing about youth culture is—I don’t understand it.”
“I’m going to be direct and honest with you. I would like a glass of red wine and I’ll take the cheapest one you have because I can’t tell the difference.”
“You know my code: hoes before bros. Uteruses before duderuses. Ovaries before brovaries.”
“Ann, you beautiful tropical fish.”
“I ate a brownie once at a party in college. It was intense. It was kind of indescribable, actually. I felt like I was floating. Turns out there wasn’t any pot in the brownie, it was just an insanely good brownie.”
“Why would anybody ever eat anything besides breakfast food?”
“We have to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles and work. Or waffles, friends, work. But work has to to come third.”
“What I hear when I’m being yelled at is people caring really loudly at me.”
“I am big enough to admit that I am often inspired by myself.”
“No matter what I do, literally nothing bad can happen to me. I’m like a white male U.S. senator.”
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