Axl Quote #146
Quote from Axl in Taking Back the House
Sue: Well, we... but... but... but what are... what are we supposed to do? We'll be... bored.
Mike: We don't care. That's the beauty of it.
Frankie: Mm-hmm.
Axl: This is unfair. You're parents. It's your job to put your kids first.
Mike: Who says?
Axl: [scoffs] I'll tell you who says. The Giving Tree. You're the ones who read us the book. The tree gave up all its leaves and... and its apples and its branches, and it let the little boy cut it down so it could be a canoe, and it didn't complain and go nuts and kick anyone off the TV. No! It wanted to be a stump! It was happy!
Frankie: [chuckles] I don't think he was happy. I don't think he had the guts to do what we're doing, say "no." Well, your dad and I aren't stumps. Not anymore.
The Middle Quotes
‘Taking Back the House’ Quotes
Quote from Brick
Brick: Mom, Dad, a Nigerian prince desperately needs our help. There's a coup, and he needs our bank account information in order to transfer millions of dollars out of his country. In exchange for our help, he'll give us $3,000! Hurry! The bank closes in half an hour.
Frankie: It's a scam, Brick. Not everything on the Internet is true.
Brick: So there's not beautiful singles in my area dying to meet me? I have to update my blog.
Quote from Mike
Mike: Come on. Get up.
Brick: Hey, we were here first.
Mike: You were? Because I don't remember seeing you in 1991 when I bought this house.
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: We're pathetic, Mike. Pathetic. Our parents would have never put up with this.
Mike: Hmm.
Frankie: I hated green peppers, but my mom always made me eat them, 'cause that's what we had. On Thursdays, I had to choke down those green peppers.
Mike: My dad watched The Hoosier Farm Report every night. And guess what I watched? The Hoosier Farm Report.
Frankie: And here's our kids stretched out on our couch, watching our big TV, eating like kings, and we're standing here hunched over the counter, eating crappy shreds of chicken from the taco place. How did we let this happen? When did this start?
Mike: I don't know. But I'll tell you when it stops.
Frankie: No, no. That clock is broken. Axl was playing ball in the house after I told him not to.
[Mike walks into the living room and takes the TV remote from Axl]
Axl: What are you doing?
Mike: I'll tell you what we're doing. We're taking back the house.