Wilson Quote #178
Quote from Wilson in Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher
Wilson: "Gestalt" is a psychological term meaning that the whole is more than the sum of the parts. I mean, take you for an example. You're a lot more than just Tim The Tool Man.
Tim: Yeah, but you know for guys what we do is who we are.
Wilson: Well, unfortunately, sometimes society pressures men to define themselves in terms of their work.
Tim: I don't feel any pressure. I like being Tim The Tool Man.
Wilson: Yeah. What happens when someday you're no longer able to be Tim The Tool Man?
Tim: [whimpers] Ho-ho-ho? Oh, man, that'd be horrible. I'd feel useless. I wouldn't be myself.
Wilson: Tim, you are also a great husband. You're a great father. You're a great neighbor. I think you might find your true happiness lies in being Tim the man.
Tim: That's a good point. I like that one. Would you mind driving down to Toledo and telling my old shop teacher that?
Wilson: Well, I think it would have more meaning coming from you, Tim, even though I enjoy Toledo. They say it used to be the glass capital of the world.
Tim: Well, if I'm going I'd better get my glass in gear.
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‘Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher’ Quotes
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Tim: I broke the cardinal rule with men. I offered help to a man that didn't want any.
Jill: Well, it looked like he needed it.
Tim: That didn't matter. By offering him help, it made him feel like less of a man.
Jill: Now, wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me that if you saw a guy trapped underneath a boulder and he didn't ask for your help, you wouldn't move the boulder? [Tim shakes his head] That is insane.
Tim: If I moved the boulder the guy would feel like half a man.
Jill: If you didn't move the boulder the guy would be half a man.
Tim: But that half would thank me.
Jill: And men say that women are illogical and irrational?
Tim: They are, but what does that have to do with this?
Quote from Tim
Mr. Leonard: I swear to you, it's the truth. I mean, your father is a genuine original. I got another one for you. Even I can't explain this one. He is gluing a table together one time. Somehow a piece of the table gets stuck to his head.
Tim: There's a mistake I didn't let happen again.
Mark: Dad, didn't you do that...?
Tim: Here, have a cookie, will you, pal?
Quote from Tim
Jill: It is so great to see a mentor and a student reunited again. I used to have an English teacher that affected me the way you did Tim. Um, Mrs. Holloway. She introduced me to Shakespeare. Gosh, I loved Macbeth I used to walk around going, "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"
Tim: Well, enough of your laundry stories.