Brick Quote #692
Sue: [on video call] Oh, my God. Let me see, let me see. What is happening? Why is Dad wearing that shirt?
Brick: I don't know.
Sue: Is it Hawaiian day at the quarry? Are Mom and Dad going to a costume party?
Frankie: Yeah, like your Dad would ever wear a costume to a costume party.
Brick: Maybe his vision's going and he no longer sees pattern.
Mike: Okay, let's everyone stop worrying about me so much and start worrying about this library book I just found. We paid 30 bucks for this. Got to look first, people.
The Middle Quotes
‘The Shirt’ Quotes
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: All I asked was for you to clean the bathroom! How hard is that?
Brick: Well, if you want to do it properly, you have to get to the root of the problem.
Frankie: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Brick. We are not "root of the problem" people. The surface is where we live. You start chipping away and digging down to the root of everything, the whole place falls apart. The filth and grime is what's holding everything together. You want to see a video of how we fix things? We wipe, we slide, we shove, we close. If a drawer is too full to open, move on to the next one. Never open it again.
Quote from Mike
Brick: I'm beginning to think you only had children because you wanted slaves.
Mike: No, we had them 'cause of beer.
Quote from Brick
Frankie: Really, Brick?
Brick: I'm on it. All I need is a can of high-quality thin-set and a ceramic saw. Randy Poteat on Youtube says, "Y'all got to do it right the first time, or y'all be back at it in 10 years." [whispers] Randy Poteat.