Ida Quote #83
Quote from Ida in Ida's Dance
Lois: Well, I don't know what to say. I planned on two days to get you into an old folks home, two days to fight the court challenge, then I'd fly back on Sunday. Now I'm stuck here. It's $300 just to change my ticket.
Ida: Good. You'll be here for the festival Saturday.
Lois: What festival? [Ida's friends chatter]
Ida: You stop it. You know it's Saint Grotus's Day.
Lois: Oh, my God. Saint Grotus's Day? That's still around?
Ida: It is.
Marica: And we haven't turned our church into a Burger King either.
Ida: She's being modest. She was a terrific Grotus Day dancer. Made your children look like poisoned sheep. Best girl between the vlatnis in 15 counties!
Lois: Not the vlatnis. God, I hated that awful vlatny dance.
Ida: You loved it. She begged to go.
Lois: She dragged me seven blocks by my pigtails to some stinking butcher shop full of drunk uncles. I couldn't even see my feet through the flies and the cigarette smoke. When I was 16, I worked up the nerve to tell her I wanted to quit. She fed me nothing but bark for a week.
Ida: It's her stupid idea of a joke. [to Lois] You're not around fancy big-shots with all their teeth, sipping wine. These are real people. You will not embarrass me in front of my friends by spitting on who you are and where you come from.
Malcolm in the Middle Quotes
‘Ida's Dance’ Quotes
Quote from Reese
Malcolm: Check it out. This is my homework. I've spent every night this year cramming my skull full of integral calculus and conversational Latin. I just needed one class that wasn't going to kill me. And then I saw it Music Appreciation. It's an actual class. All I have to do is listen to a CD and write down how it makes me feel. It's such an easy "A."
Reese: No matter how easy an "A" is, a "D" is always easier, Malcolm.
Quote from Reese
Malcolm: "F"?! I can't believe that goateed moron gave me an "F." "You obviously didn't even listen to the piece.
" I listened to it. You saw me.
Reese: You know, with the right kind of pen, you can turn that "F" into a "P."
Quote from Dewey
Malcolm: I have a favor to ask. I'm taking Music Appreciation, but I'm not doing so well. I have to get an "A" in this class. I know you know about this stuff, so I'm willing to pay you ten bucks an hour to teach me until I get it right, okay?
Dewey: [laughs] "The Adagio for Organ and Strings" makes you happy?
Malcolm: Are you going to help me or not?
Dewey: So let me get this straight. You, the brilliant genius Malcolm, are coming to me, your little brother, for help on your homework?
Malcolm: Yes, Dewey, that's right.
Dewey: So you're a total idiot at music?
Malcolm: Yes, Dewey, it seems that way.
Dewey: Huh. That's probably why you're such a drag to be around.
Malcolm: Yes, Dewey, that's probably why I'm such a drag to be around.
Dewey: Interesting. And that must be why you're hitting yourself.
Malcolm: Is this gonna take long?
Dewey: Depends how fast you obey. And that must be why you're hitting yourself.