Dick Quote #1275
Quote from Dick in Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner?
Dick: Well, guess what? We've unwittingly aligned ourselves with the most despicable force in Western civilization.
Sally: Bummer.
Tommy: Yeah, but, Dick, we can't do anything about that. We can't change society.
Dick: And that's where you're wrong. Mary says we can, and you know what? I'm gonna do it.
Sally: Well, how?
Dick: I'm gonna revitalize America's urban education system. I'm gonna create enterprise zones to draw in investors. I'm gonna set up a $1 billion minority scholarship fund, and I'd like us, as a family, to kick it with Sean "Puffy" Combs more often.
Tommy: No, Dick, I meant it's against the rules of our mission to change society.
Dick: Oh, damn, you're right. I guess I'll just have to concentrate on Nina.
3rd Rock from the Sun Quotes
‘Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner?’ Quotes
Quote from Dick
Dick: Amen! If I could have your sweet attention, here at the piano. [playing]
Nina: Dr. Solomon, what are you doing here?
Dick: There's something that needs to be said here, Nina. [gospel flourish] Sometimes a man, he thinks he knows everything. But that man, he knows nothing. He's so lost. Never looks at life from any angle but his own. But then one day, he sees the light. He reads the books. Learns Black culture like a pro. Difference between Malcolm X and Mr. T? You just ask him. But I pity the fool. This fool, he thinks he knows everything. But still, still, he knows nothing. You know why?
Woman: [vocalizes] Why?
Dick: He picked the White body.
Choir: [sing] Fool chose the White body
Dick: He didn't know he had a whole rainbow to pick from. Nobody told him.
Choir: Nobody told him
Dick: But I, Dick Solomon, I need you to tell me, tell me that I can be a good man. Tell me I can be good in spite of my color.
Choir: Dick Solomon, you can be good Dick Solomon, you can be good
Quote from Dick
Dick: My students are right. I colonized every continent. I enslaved an entire people, and even after I abolished slavery, I- I continued to marginalize minorities with economic disincentives.
Mary: Don't let this eat you up.
Dick: Angel food cake is white. Devil's food cake... black!
Mary: I know how you feel.
Dick: Who gets to make the first move in chess? The white guys.
Quote from Mrs. Dubcek
Harry: Uh, Miss Dubcek, there's a man downstairs pounding on your door.
Mrs. Dubcek: Oh, he woke up. Maybe I should let him out.