Wilson Quote #205

Quote from Wilson in A Marked Man

Wilson: [chanting in Japanese]
Tim: Wilson. Wilson, could you stop singing and talk to me for a second?
Wilson: Well, hi-ho, neighbor. Happy Tako Age.
Tim: Happy Yokohama to you. What's with the kite?
Wilson: Well, today is the Japanese festival of Tako Age, which means "big kite-flying day." See, according to legend, a master of a 16th century Japanese castle flew a kite in order to celebrate the birth of his son.
Tim: Yeah? What did he do when his son committed his first crime?
Wilson: Pardon?
Tim: I'm not gonna pardon him.
Wilson: What in the world are you talking about?

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 ‘A Marked Man’ Quotes

Quote from Al

Al: You know, this was not easy for me to bring up. And I turned that store upside down looking for that darn thing and the fact is it was there when you guys came in and when you left... it was gone.
Tim: Well, I know kids steal things, but my boys steal from you and Harry? Come on.
Al: Things like that happen. Let me tell you a story about my uncle's grocery store. I was holding my mother's hand...
Tim: And this was yesterday?
Al: I was seven years old. And she went off to look for the children's appetite suppressant... And... on the shelf there was a cookie. And I stole it and I ate it.
Tim: OK, so you're saying you think one of my kids ate that knife?

Quote from Wilson

Tim: You how l look at it, the stronger the punishment, the less likelihood is the kid will ever do it again.
Wilson: Well, Tim, many people subscribe to that theory, but I'm reminded of the great Nietzsche.
Tim: Wow. What a linebacker. Green Bay Packers.
Wilson: No. No, no, no, no. Not Ray Nitschke. I'm talking about Friedrich Nietzsche, the philosopher.
Tim: Sure. Freddy. Yeah.
Wilson: Yes. Nietzsche said that punishment often increases the feelings of estrangement and strengthens the power of resistance.
Tim: I think what influenced me more was Fisk.
Wilson: Oh, I didn't know you were a fan of John Fiske, the English historian.
Tim: I'm not. I'm talking about Carlton Fisk, the White Sox catcher. He said if you get caught stealing, throw him out.

Quote from Tim

Jill: I hate when you do this. The kids do something, you overreact...
Tim: No, you underreact.
Jill: I do not underreact. You go overboard.
Tim: Then you go underboard.
Jill: There's no such word as underboard.