Jill Quote #628
Quote from Jill in Doctor in the House
Tim: Cute, real cute. Feel like an idiot. I feel like an idiot. The only reason I'm here is because they want a celebrity to solicit funds.
Jill: Hey, hey, she just is from the fund-raising committee. She doesn't represent everybody at Western. [Tim sighs] Look, even if they are just giving this to you because you're a celebrity, you wouldn't be a celebrity if you didn't have a great show. and Binford hired you in the first place because you did so well in engineering at Western.
Tim: You believe that?
Jill: Yes, I do. I'm sorry. l... I should've been more supportive all along. I just... I was feeling jealous because it's gonna be so many years until I get my doctorate.
Dean Cummings: The presentation of the Ph.D.s is about to begin.
Jill: By the time I get my Ph.D., I'll be too old to remember what Ph.D. stands for.
Tim: Don't feel bad. I'm just about to get one, and I still don't know what it stands for.
Jill: Knock 'em dead.
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Quote from Wilson
Wilson: A Ph.D.?! Tim? Aw, Jill, Jill, Jill, Jill... Do you realize how many hours I had to study to get my doctorate in forgotten languages and extinct cultures? Oh, my, my, my. Sitting in that library, reading that insufferable microfilm till I thought I would practically go blind? Not to mention that to support myself, I had to volunteer as a subject for lab experiments. Oh, oh. And the thing that really irritates me about this whole thing...
Jill: Wilson!
Wilson: Oh, Jill, Jill, talk me down, talk me down.
Quote from Al
Tim: Todd from Toledo writes, "Dear Tim, when I heard you were getting a Ph.D., three words came to mind - Why not Al?"
Al: Thanks, Todd.
Tim: "He's the one who works his tail off day in, day out. It's time for America to stand up and cheer for Albert Borland, who slaves..." I can't read this, Todd.
Al: Tirelessly.
Tim: How did you know what that said?
Al: I guessed.
Tim: Did you, or is it possible that Albert Borland is Todd from Toledo? [Al hangs his head in shame] How could you stoop to something so dumb?
Al: I don't know. But there's no use reading this letter from Andy from Akron.
Quote from Wilson
Wilson: Well, what can I say here that might put this into perspective for both of us? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. The late senator Dwight Morrow said there are people who do things and people who take the credit. And the trick is to be in the first group, there's a lot less competition.
Jill: I see what you're sayin'.
Wilson: Does that make you feel any better?
Jill: Not at all.
Wilson: Me, neither. On the other hand, it is a great honor for Tim, and I guess we have to put our negative feelings aside and just find a way to cheer him on.
Jill: Well, I know. I mean, he should be allowed to enjoy this. I should be more supportive.
Wilson: And if the university is giving him a Ph.D., they must feel he is a worthy recipient.
[Tim bounces on a Pogo stick in the living room]
Jill: Obviously they know something we don't.