Frankie: [v.o.] Out here in the middle, our kids learn early that a penny saved is a penny earned. And the more pennies you save and earn, the more stupid crap you can buy.
Brick: I need $34.95 to buy a pair of night vision goggles.
Frankie: Sorry. Wrong family.
Brick: Let me see if this changes your mind. You could borrow them.
Mike: I've seen this place in the daytime, I don't need to see it at night. What do you need night vision goggles for, anyway?
Brick: I want to read in the dark. Look, if it's too expensive, I'm willing to go for the ones without the no-chafe head strap, but they're clearly not as good.
Mike: Brick, the answer's "no." If you want to buy something dumb you don't need, you gotta be able to pay for it.
Frankie: Well, until you get a credit card.

Frankie: What happened to your money from grandma?
Brick: I spent it on books.
Frankie: Christmas?
Brick: Books.
Frankie: Birthday?
Brick: Books.
Mike: Well, that'll teach you to waste all your money on books.
Frankie: Mm. Listen, Brick, if you really want the goggles that bad, you're gonna have to go out and earn the money yourself.
Brick: Okay. Might I either of you be interested in buying some used books?

Mike: Hold on, hold on. You know what? I think this might be good for him.
Frankie: You do?
Mike: Mm-hmm.
Frankie: I'd like to remind you that we never did find that gerbil.
Mike: Brick, I think what your mom's trying to say is if we let you do this, you gotta take it seriously. There's no quitting, no "I forgets." People are depending on you... Actual people, not just us. You got it?
Brick: You can count on me... to do whatever it is we were just talking about.