Dick Quote #785

Quote from Dick in Portrait of Tommy as an Old Man

Nina: What's the matter, Dr. Albright?
Mary: I have the most immature class! We're studying Miocene man, and I'm discussing the migration of homo Erectus... [Dick giggles] Every time I say homo Erectus [Dick laughs] They laugh! As if there were something funny about homo Erectus! [Dick laughs loudly] What are you laughing at?!
Dick: Homo Erectus isn't a Miocene man! He's Pleistocene man! [laughs]

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 ‘Portrait of Tommy as an Old Man’ Quotes

Quote from Harry

Tommy: Dick, I need my job back.
Sally: Can he do that?!
Harry: It happens, but it's rare. But it happens. But it's rare.
Dick: Welcome back, Tommy. Resume your duties.
Tommy: Oh, cool!
Harry: Wait a second! But I got all this information! The zip code for Waukesha, Wisconsin: 53186. Gestation period for a wombat fetus: 30 days.
Sally: Shut up, Harry.
Dick: Seriously.
Harry: In 1548, Sigismund I of Poland dies, succeeded by...

Quote from Harry

Sally: I cannot believe this! I've never heard of anybody retiring in the middle of a mission before! Can he do this?!
Harry: It happens. But it's rare. Sometimes it's unavoidable. But it happens. But it's rare.

Quote from Mary

Mary: Well, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a singer. You know, a torch singer, like Peggy Lee or Ella Fitzgerald. I even had a stage name picked out. Marlena Albrecht.
Dick: Marlena.
Mary: A smoky room a martini in my hand spotlight, just me, center stage.
Dick: With a hep cat backing you up on a standup bass. [mimicking bass]
Mary: I'd wear gloves. Long, black gloves.
Dick: I'd have an opium problem.
Mary: Slap that bass!
Nina: You are some messed-up White people.