Col. Patterson: Where do you get off criticizing me in the first place? What do you know about the military?
Jill: You see, this is why I didn't wanna tell you. Because I knew that you would overreact. You always do. That's why nobody can ever tell anything.
Col. Patterson: What are you talking about?
Jill: When we were growing up, we weren't allowed to tell you anything that might upset you.
Col. Patterson: Oh, really? Then why the hell was I upset so much?!

Tim: Shouldn't your dad be here?
Jill: Well, you know the colonel. If he says he'll be here at 1700 hours, he means 1700 hours sharp.
Tim: 1700 hours. What time is that again?
Jill: 5:00. I've been trying to teach you military time for 15 years. Now, listen to this. You subtract 12 if it's a double-digit number greater than 12. If it's a single-digit number, it's the actual time. If it's a double-digit number that's less than or equal to 12, then that's also the actual time. Have you got that?
Tim: Yeah.
Jill: Hmm.
Tim: I wish your mom was coming. At least she speaks civilian.
Jill: Me too. She said she needed a break from Dad. She wants to have one week where she doesn't have to get up before dawn and raise the flag.

Jill: Because I wasn't totally honest with you before. Daddy, this is really hard for me to say, but... the book is... is just really not very good.
Col. Patterson: Then why'd you say you loved it?
Jill: Because that's what you wanted to hear.
Col. Patterson: Don't tell me what I wanted to hear. I want to hear the truth!
Jill: Well, I'm telling it to you now.
Col. Patterson: Fine! You didn't like the book. I'm gonna get the boys. We'll be back at 1300 hours.
Tim: What time is that?
Col. Patterson: It's 1:00! Why is that so difficult for you to understand? Every private in the army gets it by the end of the first day!
Jill: Daddy, I'm really sorry that I upset you, but...
Col. Patterson: I'm not upset! If I were upset I'd be yelling!

Jill: Tim and I tried to talk to him about it today, but he just got real upset.
Wilson: Well, there are those people that don't respond well to criticism.
Jill: Yeah, and some of 'em yell.
Wilson: Mm.
Jill: You remember that movie, Old Yeller?
Wilson: Mm-hmm.
Jill: When it came out, we thought it was about Daddy.

Jill: That's why we had this house policy never to upset him. I always tried to follow that rule, but today I couldn't.
Wilson: So, you're feeling that telling him the truth was a mistake?
Jill: I've always really adored my father. You know, I don't wanna do anything to hurt that relationship.
Wilson: You mean the relationship where you don't tell him the truth?
Jill: Yeah, that would be the one. I don't know. I mean, look what happened when I told him the truth. Maybe I should have just kept my mouth shut.
Wilson: Well, George Bernard Shaw wouldn't have thought so. He said we must not stay as we are, doing always what was done last time, or we shall stick in the mud.
Jill: Well, I'm stuck in something deep here, Wilson, but it ain't mud.

Al: All right, now, Tim, what were to happen if we have a brand-new pair of shoes and the leather is hard and uncomfortable?
Tim: Ooh, that could be a big problem if you had feet like Al's mom. [takes out to gigantic work boots]
Al: Well, for shoes like this, my mother always used Binford's leather softener.
Tim: But that turns your new hard shoes into the old soft shoe. Klaus? ["The Old Soft Shoe" plays] Ah. [applause] Thanks, but enough of that foolishness. Let's get on with the next part of the shoe repair.
Al: Tim, do you call that a soft shoe?
Tim: It was a joke, Al. Anyway...
Al: Klaus? Oh, Don? [Al tap dances as "The Old Soft Shoe" plays]

Col. Patterson: Now, what time's dinner?
Tim: 2300 hours, sir.
Col. Patterson: That's 11pm.
Tim: We eat late.

Mark: Dad, when is Grandpa getting up?
Tim: Uh, let's see. He went to bed at 2300 hours. He wanted nine hours of sleep. That's 3200... minus 12. You add that up. Uh... 20 o'clock.

Tim: You know, Tool Time is not just about home improvement. It's also about male improvement. So, continuing our male improvement series, Al and I are gonna talk about men and their shoes.
Al: That's right. We'll be delving into shoe repair and shoe shining.
Tim: Not to mention shoe trees. [holds up a picture of a tree with shoes on its branches] And shoehorns. [holds up a picture of Al playing a shoe] Anyway, here's a pair of wing tips over here that have certainly seen better days.
Al: Now, when you have a shoe this damaged, you wanna take it down to the original leather using rubbing alcohol.
Tim: Right. Then for the rough spots, use a little leather dye. Polish her up, you got a shoe as good as new. Now, remember, when you're using shoe polish, use a little bit of water. It'll make that shine really spectacular.
Al: That's right. Then you wanna buff it with a cloth diaper.
Tim: Make sure you remove the baby first, though.
Al: This will give your shoe a sheen for sure.
Tim: You don't shay.

Tim: Give it a rest, guys, OK? Now, this is the Tim Taylor authorized puck chucker. Move out of the way, please. Put your mask down. Remember what I taught you. This thing shoots at incredible speed. [a puck falls out and lands a foot from the machine]
Brad: Whoa. That thing is incredible. Good thing he's wearing padding.
Tim: [goofy chuckle] I gotta get the instruction book out. Once I get the instructions, we'll see how many pucks this hockey-puck chucker can chuck.
Randy: If the puck chucker could chuck pucks.