Tommy Quote #154

Quote from Tommy in Portrait of Tommy as an Old Man

Harry: Hey, what's the matter, Tommy?
Tommy: I have to write a 20-page history paper by tomorrow.
Harry: Oh, that's tough.
Tommy: Oh! Oh! And on top of that, George Capisorros was waiting for me after school to beat me up 'cause I wouldn't let him cheat off my algebra test.
Harry: Whoa. So what did you do, hop the fence and run home?
Tommy: No. I kicked his ass, but, I mean, that's not the point. I shouldn't have to do that.

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 ‘Portrait of Tommy as an Old Man’ Quotes

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.

Quote from Tommy

Tommy: All right. That's it. I can't take it anymore. I want back.
Dick: Well, I thought you liked Eagle Vista.
Tommy: No. You know what? They keep the TV too loud, it's too hot, everybody's on drugs. It's just like a rave but without the babes.
Sally: But you seemed to be having so much fun.
Tommy: Oh, I was atrophying. It made me feel like an old man.
Dick: But that's what you are.
Tommy: Yeah, but that's not how I feel. At least I didn't until I retired. This is what retirement does to you. It makes you old.

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.