Frankie Quote #347
Quote from Frankie in The Quarry
Frankie: [v.o.] Mike didn't believe in magic. He didn't believe I'd made cross-country disappear. But I knew the truth and the guilt was gnawing at me. I had to do something.
Frankie: [talks to the heavens] Hey, I only have a second. But I just wanted to touch base with you again. Maybe there's some greater purpose for Sue not being on cross-country. Because maybe she'll do something even more great now. Yeah, I know. But could you just reverse my previous prayer and replace it with this one? Please, please, please bring back cross-country. Oh, and we lost our remote, but that's like an "if you can get to it" thing.
Mr. Ehlert: Oh, there you are.
Frankie: Mr. Ehlert. What are you doing?
Mr. Ehlert: Think you're first lady I've seen on the john? Mrs. Ehlert hasn't shut the door in 30 years. I've got a stain on my tie and I need you to get it out. Honestly, Frances, what's wrong with you? Lately, you've been even more useless than usual.
Frankie: I'm sorry, Mr. Ehlert. The thing is, my daughter's cross-country team has been cut. And it's the first thing she ever made.
Frankie: [v.o.] So I told him the whole story from beginning to end. I knew Mr. Ehlert hated hearing about personal problems, but as long as I had him by the tie, he kind of had to listen.
The Middle Quotes
‘The Quarry’ Quotes
Quote from Mike
Mike: No, you are. You're an idiot. I tried to get creative here and I tried to teach you by example, hoping that you'd get it, but you're too stupid to get it right now.
Axl: I don't think you're supposed to call your kid an idiot.
Mike: Just an observation. Don't beat yourself up over it. It's not your fault. I was an idiot at your age, too. So until you're no longer an idiot, I will be making the decisions for you. And that means: not dropping out of school, you're going to college, and those mutton chops you talked about growing? Not happening.
Axl: Whoa. I feel like you're trying to make me doubt myself.
Mike: Yes, that's exactly what I'm trying to do. Let me make it simple. Any instinct you have right now, do the opposite. [Axl sighs] Trust me. Some day in the future, when you're done being an idiot, and you have an idiot of your own, you'll come back and thank me.
Axl: So I'm guessing you're not gonna let me go to Chuck's party.
Mike: See? You're getting smarter already.
Quote from Sue
Sue: I have something to say. My name is Sue Heck and I'm on cross-country. I've never been on a team before, but I sure have tried out for a lot. I tried out for show choir, gymnastics, tennis, flags, volleyball, baton... [Frankie gestures to Sue] Oh, right. And tumbling. But then a team came along that let me in. Cross-country is no-cut. It's the only sport that takes everybody. Don't any of you remember how horrible junior high can be if you don't have something? The panic that hits you in the lunch room when no one will sit with you, even if you pretend to have an English accent to seem interesting. It's a den of wolves, you guys. Don't cut cross-country because cross-country would never cut you.
Chairman: All in favor of cutting cross-country, say aye.
All: Aye.
Chairman: Okay. It's unanimous. Cross-country is cut.
Sue: What?
Chairman: Though that was a heck of a speech. You should be on Debate Club. Although, did we cut that yesterday?
Quote from Axl
Axl: You know, I'm kind of relieved this is all out in the open. I didn't like lying to you guys. Now I don't have to pretend to go to school. I can just hang out here and watch TV.
Frankie: Suspension is supposed to be a punishment, Axl.
Axl: Oh, it is. There's nothing good on.
Mike: All right, that's it. You're not laying around all week like you're on vacation. Starting tomorrow, you're gonna spend every day of your suspension with me at the quarry. And guess what. You're being put to work.
Axl: What? This is so not fair. When I turn 30, I am so out of here.