The Sopranos (TV Series)

Second Opinion (2001)

Frank Wood: Dean Ross

Quotes 

• Carmela Soprano : [after he orders their drinks in his native language]  You speak Italian?

  Dean Ross : Second generation

  Carmela Soprano : [surprised]  Really? Ross?

  Dean Ross : [referring to his family's original surname]  Rosetti: a thousand years of a proud name undone with one stroke of a pen at Ellis Island

  Carmela Soprano : [smiles]  A Paisan

  Dean Ross : Not far from you either, New Brunswick

  Carmela Soprano : [surprised]  Get out

  Dean Ross : Any success I may have, I credit to the Jersey public schools: they were something in those days

  Carmela Soprano : And where did you go to college?

  Dean Ross : Rutgers

  Carmela Soprano : I went to Montclair State

  Dean Ross : Good school, what was your major?

  Carmela Soprano : Business Administration

  Dean Ross : [proposing a toast]  To Meadow Soprano: a valuable addition to the Columbia community

  Carmela Soprano : Really?

  Dean Ross : Absolutely. I don't know her personally but I've talked to her professors and they say she's attentive, inquiring, does all her work, and makes insightful contributions to class discussions

  Carmela Soprano : I am so glad to hear you say that and here I was worried about her adjusting

  Dean Ross : Let's not tell her though: we don't want her overconfident

  Carmela Soprano : It seems like she sleeps an awful lot

  Dean Ross : They all do

• Dean Ross : [while having lunch]  So do your children feel "boxed in" by the city?

  Dean Ross : We're out all the time. Lately, Felisha has us all kayaking in the Hudson

  Carmela Soprano : You all do it? Together?

  Dean Ross : Yeah, kids love it too: their already better at it than I am. More wine?

  Carmela Soprano : Why not?

  Dean Ross : Remember how I told you I spent about half my time involved in student affairs? Well... this is how I spend the other half

  Carmela Soprano : Taking parents to lunch?

  Dean Ross : "Development" fancy word for "fundraising"

  Dean Ross : [after taking out the brochure and showing it to her]  The new student center: we break ground next fall. See the large black marble right next to the entrance?

  Carmela Soprano : Yes

  Dean Ross : That's where the donor names will be inscribed

  Carmela Soprano : Everybody who donates will get their name up there?

  Dean Ross : The wall is reserved for people whose commitment begins at the fifty-thousand-dollar level

  Carmela Soprano : [surprised]  Fifty thousand?

  Dean Ross : It's what the gifting community thought you'd be comfortable with?

  Dean Ross : [when she doesn't respond]  Based on your past generosity to the Verbum Dei school

  Carmela Soprano : You know what we gave to Verbum Dei?

  Dean Ross : [before handing her a folder]  I'm half embarrassed to say it but it's my job to know. All the information including tax benefits is in here

  Carmela Soprano : Well, I will have to talk to my husband