[Jamie Smith bounces a basketball on the table where Eversman is working] Eversmann: What the fuck, Smith? Smith: Well? Eversmann: "Well" what? Smith: We going out? Eversmann: Why should I tell you? Smith: Because I'm me!
[on Wex's drawing] Busch: Looks good. Wex: It's improving. Busch: But if I may make a suggestion... more of an observation. Wex: Go ahead. Busch: It's a children's book. They aren't supposed to scare the living shit out of the children.
Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.
I'm a theorist, not an institutionalist.
It's hard to force creativity and humor.
They were all famous and fantastic fellows.
I don't do ski racing to be famous.
It's not very fun to do spectroscopy.
We do not take humor seriously enough.
Humor helps people open up.
The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
You don't become a chef to become famous.
Sweden is famous for many things - but not fashion.
Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe.
Projective geometry is all geometry.
Grimes: Why aren't you shooting? Waddell: We're not being shot at yet. Grimes: How can you tell? Waddell: A hiss means it's close. A snap means... [a bullet whizzes close by] Waddell: Now they're shooting at us! [they begin returning fire]
[after Eversmann debriefs his chalk on Wolcott's crashed helicopter] Nelson: How come I gotta stay back here? Eversmann: Because you're dependable. Nelson: [to Twombly after Eversmann, Wadell, Schmid, and Galentine head for the crash site] I hate bei...
Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan: Do you think if you get General Aidid, we will simply put down our weapons and adopt American democracy? That the killing will stop? We know this. Without victory, there will be no peace. There will always be killing, see? ...
To be is to be the value of a variable.
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.
Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.
