Sue Quote #756
Quote from Sue in Birds of a Feather
Sue: Professor Grant, I'm sorry. I just can't give you what you want. And believe me, I tried. I talked to a crazy guy. I watched an Anderson Cooper marathon. I stayed up all night listening to Joni Mitchell albums.
Professor Grant: What are you talking about?
Sue: Look, I know you think being deep is important, but I think other things are important. Like seeing the best in people, and believing that the human spirit is what gives us the gift to face the world with curiosity and optimism. [sighs] It's nothing personal. You are obviously very deep and intelligent and a little bit handsome, and that's great, but you just can't take someone who has thought one way their whole life and convince them to think your way. I am never gonna understand your side of things, and you are never gonna understand mine. And the more you force me to do it, the angrier I am gonna get, and we are just gonna go at each other forever! It's never gonna work!
Professor Grant: That's it. Right there.
Sue: What's it? Right where?
Professor Grant: That's the crack I was talking about.
Sue: Really?
Professor Grant: [laughs] Yes, yes! That's the passion I wanted to see. I want you to argue with me. Take a stand. Paint a painting. Go and see a band that you thought you hated. That's what college is about. Do it.
Sue: I will. I will do it. Right now. And I am not saying that to be agreeable. I get it. I get it! We will argue later.
Frankie: [v.o.] Turns out, there was a recipe after all. With a dash of enlightenment and a scoop of tough love, Sue cracked herself open and found more than just rainbows and unicorns. It was still mostly rainbows and unicorns, 'cause let's face it, Sue is always gonna be Sue.
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‘Birds of a Feather’ Quotes
Quote from Axl
Axl: Oh! This is all your fault!
Frankie: What are you talking about?
Axl: I'll show you what I'm talking about. Axl Heck, star student of the week. Boom. Exhibit A. "I will be a rock star during the week and an astronaut on the weekends." Now that I'm older, I realize I should have reversed that, but you helped me with this. All through elementary school and middle school was, "You can be anything you want to be, Axl. Don't be afraid to dream big, Axl." Then I hit high school and you pull the rug out from under me! I wanted to start a T-shirt line. I wanted to be a reality star. And now, thanks to you, I'm stuck in a dead-end job for the rest of my life.
Frankie: [sighs] Axl, you're just an intern. This is not what you're gonna be doing forever.
Axl: Um, it's a little late to apply to astronaut school, so I think it is. Look at this. "Who are your heroes? Mommy, Daddy, and Spongebob." Guess it's just Spongebob now.
Quote from Mike
Mike: Well, I'm just saying that you and Axl are pretty much the same person.
Frankie: What? You're out of your mind.
Mike: All I'm saying is he comes home whining, you come home whining...
Frankie: I do not come home whining.
Mike: "The tablets don't work. It's hard." "There's too many patients. It's hard." "There's no desk to sleep under.
It's hard."
Frankie: I'm sorry. Would you prefer I not share my day with you?
Mike: I didn't know that was an option.
Frankie: [sighs] Whatever, Mike. You know, you're not gonna make me feel bad. Everybody brings their work home with them.
Mike: I don't. Last week, an earthmover rolled over my foot. I didn't say a word. All my toes are completely black. You want to see?
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: Axl and I are not alike in any way. I happen to be a very positive person.
Mike: I know. You're very positive that all your pie-in-the-sky ideas are gonna work out. And when they don't, you complain and give up.
Frankie: I do not have pie-in-the-sky ideas.
Mike: Really? How's that jewelry line coming? You ever get Oprah to try on your earrings?
Frankie: For your information, I have some feelers out to locate her exact address.
Mike: Okay, well, maybe when you do, you should send her one of Axl's Buttronaut t-shirts that were gonna make him famous.
Frankie: Maybe I will. I think they look great with the earrings.
Mike: Look, I'm just pointing out that you and Axl are kind of the drama queens of the house.
Frankie: You know what, Mike? I don't even know why I'm arguing with you. If you think Axl and I are alike, I am gonna take that as a compliment, because I love my son, and he has a lot of great qualities. You sit here in silence with your stoic, black-toed army, and I will be hanging with the dreamers.