Quotes from Better Days
Molly: When I left this house approximately twenty-four hours ago, you were watching the movie "Xanadu." You are still watching the movie "Xanadu." This frightens me.
Carol: Molly, I just ended a seven-year relationship. I feel I have the right to spend a couple of days watching Olivia Newton John as a singing, dancing, rollerskating muse from Mt. Olympus.
Ed: What makes him the best in the business?
Phil: The dude crosses his Zs.
Ed: Right.
Ed: Yes, Shirley.
Shirley: You weren't supposed to call on me.
Ed: Why...? You raised your hand.
Shirley: In school if people raised their hand the teacher thought they knew the answer so he would call on someone else who wasn't raising their hand.
Ed: Gotcha.
Ed: It's funny, y'know, the humans... we're fully evolved, we've got the big brains and the opposable thumbs, and we still have no idea how to get over a breakup.
Carol: I would gladly trade the opposable thumbs, frankly I think they're highly overrated.
Ed: I'm looking to have something sky-written.
Jack: You bet. What are you thinking?
Ed: "Be mine, Carol."
Jack: You romantic bastard.
Ed: I know.
Phil: You're breaking their little stripper hearts.
Nick: You know, Carol, there's something girls like you never understand.
Carol: Girls like me?
Nick: You have cake. When you eat the cake there is no more cake. You can't have the cake and eat the cake.
Carol: I see.
Phil: Those who raise the bar of expectation bar the expectation of raise.
Ed: Hey, that makes... no, that doesn't make sense.
Ed: Now that we're friends, you know what we should do?
Carol: What's that?
Ed: I really think we should have a sleepover.
Carol: Do you now?
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