Big Mike Quote #13
Quote from Big Mike in A Quarry Story
Big Mike: It's amazing what you can get done when you put your phone down.
Axl: Can I, uh, get my phone back now or...
Big Mike: Okay, I'm heading home for the night. I gotta soak my foot so I can get it in my shoe tomorrow. We'll drop in the sink in the morning. Got to find another screw like this one. Put in the faucet assembly.
Axl: You, uh, going to the hardware store or...
Big Mike: Why would I buy something we already own? [lifts up a large bucket of screws]
Axl: Mmm.
Big Mike: You find one tonight, we can start first thing.
Axl: [chuckles] What? There's like a thousand screws in there. I gotta go through all that to find one that matches? Aren't screws, like, 3 cents?
Big Mike: That's 3 cents in your pocket.
The Middle Quotes
‘A Quarry Story’ Quotes
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: Mike, look at this. Not only did I get my back pay, but I made two commissions!
Mike: What? How'd you do that?
Frankie: Okay. You know how Oprah's motto is "live your best life"?
Mike: Can't that woman just stay retired?
Frankie: Well, here's my motto now. "Don't try."
Mike: I thought that was always your motto.
Frankie: I did, too. Turns out this whole time I thought I wasn't trying, I was actually trying a teeny bit. The key is to not try at all.
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: Okay, Mike, I just stepped on a fork in the tub. How many times have we told the kids, we wash spoons in the tub, knives and forks in the bathroom sink?
Mike: It's just common sense.
Frankie: [sighs] This is crazy. We can't go on like this. We need a silverware caddy in the shower.
Mike: I might have something in the garage we can use. How 'bout that old ice bucket that says, "it's 5:00 somewhere"?
Frankie: Oh, you know what? Since the dishwasher's not working right now, we could use the caddy from there. We'll just hang it on the showerhead where the shampoo thing usually goes. That would be perfect! Are you sad right now? 'Cause I'm really sad.
Mike: Look. I know we wanted to save money, and we gave it our best shot, but despite how much I'm gonna miss this whole hose situation, it's time to fix the sink.
Quote from Brick
Brick: Gorillas... tigers...
Mike: Should we ask?
Frankie: If we don't, it'll just look bad when the school calls. Okay, what's going on, Brick?
Brick: Tigers... lions... Tarzan...
Frankie: Why are you telling us things that are in a jungle?
Brick: Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! I was online doing research for my pyramid paper, and I found something called The $25,000 Pyramid. Then I started watching other game shows. Fascinating. My favorite's Match Game. Have you heard of Nipsy Russell? Hi-larious. And Adrienne Barbeau... That is one foxy lady. And they were all having so much fun at a time when things were tough. Seems like we could use a little of that around here.
Frankie: I stepped on a fork in my bathtub.
Brick: This is what I'm saying.