Dick Quote #191
Quote from Dick in Dick Like Me
Dick: Tommy, I talked to your teacher, Mr. Randell. He said that you're not fitting in.
Tommy: Of course I'm not fitting in. To fit in, you have to be something.
Dick: Well, we're something. We're human beings. Why, has anyone said differently?
Tommy: No. No, it's just everybody at school is something extra. You know, they're African- American or Italian-American or Asian-American, audio-visual American.
Dick: Well, we're human-American. That should be enough.
Tommy: No, Dick, it's part of my mission as an adolescent to rebel against my upbringing. And if you don't tell me what we are, then I can't do my job. Frankly, I can't work like this.
Dick: All right, if we have to be part of some group, we will be. I'll do some research. I'll ask around. I'll find out what the best thing to be is. And by the end of the week, we'll be that.
Tommy: Wait. What should I be till then?
Dick: Well, we're carbon-based life-forms. Just tell everyone we're carbo-Americans.
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Quote from Dick
Nina: You know, my heritage happens to be very important to me.
Mary: As it should be. I'm Irish, and I'm very proud of that. And you're what?
Dick: Me? Uh, [stammers] I-I-I'm, uh one of those, uh... You know, one of the really good ones. You're this big anthropologist. You tell me. What am I?
Mary: Certifiable.
Dick: Yes, that's what I am. Certifiable. Certifiable and damn proud of it. As my father was before me and his father before him and his father before him. Certifiable. Of course, we no longer practice.
Quote from Harry
Tommy: This rules. I'm still a minority. You know, chicks dig minorities.
Dick: Oh! Who knew that Solomon was a Jewish name when we took it off the side of that truck?
Harry: Go figure. We could have been the Wal-marts.
Dick: We're Jewish. [sobs] I don't know what to say.
Harry: Mazel tov! I'm sorry, it just popped out.
Quote from Dick
Dick: Now, let's have a look at Einstein's boundary conditions according to the theory of relativity. Einstein, a Jew, never could have made this breakthrough, had it not been for the earlier work of Copernicus, Polish, or Tycho Brahe, the unlucky Dane from Prague. Which brings up another question. How many Puerto Ricans do we have in class? Any Puerto Ricans? Leon, what are you?
Caryn: You don't have to answer that.
Leon: Dutch.
Dick: Oh, I love your tulips and your dikes.
Leon: Oh, thank you.
Dick: However, I turn your people down because of the silly shoes. Okay, no Puerto Ricans? Any Latinos in general? Anyone with Latino information? Anybody?
Pitman: Dr. Solomon, with all due respect, I find this offensive.
Dick: Oh, Pitman, you won't be left out. I'll get to the Asians.