Parenthood (1989)

Rick Moranis: Nathan Huffner

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• Karen : He likes to butt things... with his head.

  Nathan : How proud you must be.

• Nathan : Did he say "Cool"?

  Gil : Cool.

• Nathan : [after inspecting Susan's diaphragm and finding a hole]  Well?

  Susan Buckman Merrick : Why are you pouring water through my diaphragm?

  Nathan : To check. To see if it's OK. You didn't know I did that, did you?

  Susan Buckman Merrick : No.

  Nathan : Obviously not or you wouldn't have tried this.

  Susan Buckman Merrick : Are you accusing me of making that hole?

  Nathan : No, a woodpecker came in here, went into the bathroom, opened the drawer with his little wing and pecked a couple of holes in your diaphragm!

• Susan : Patty, why don't you play with Justin?

  Patty : I don't understand what he's doing.

  Susan : Well, he's... spinning.

  Patty : What for?

  Susan : Uh... no reason, just for fun.

  Patty : It doesn't look like fun.

  Nathan : It isn't.

  Susan : [gives Nathan a funny look]  You tried it?

• Patty : [reading a book]  "The Penal Colony", by Franz Kafka.

  Gil : Hey, Nathan, Patty a doctor yet?

  Nathan : Mock, if you will.

  Gil : All right.

  Nathan : Our children are more capable of retaining and absorbing information than we are and yet we insist on treating them like adorable little morons.

  Gil : What are you saying, Patty can learn things I can't learn?

  Nathan : [lays out four cards with lots of red dots stuck on them]  Patty, which one of these is the square root of 8,649?

  Patty : [looks at the cards for a few seconds then points at one]  93.

  [Nathan picks up the card, checks the answer on the back then shows it to Gil. Patty is correct. Gil pulls an expression of disbelief and thumps his head with his palm] 

  Nathan : They're like sponges, Gil, just waiting to absorb.

  Justin : [picks up one of the cards]  I want this.

  Nathan : You see? Take my advice, forget about Kevin and Taylor, it's too late. Work on Justin.

  Gil : Actually, Justin is quite bright. In his preschool class, he was the only...

  [Justin picks one of the red dot stickers off the card and puts it in his mouth] 

  Gil : Slow down, Justin. I'll get you some dip.

• Nathan : What are you so upset about?

  Susan : Nathan, she's weird. She's a weird child. I think a few days a week of preschool could be very helpful.

  Nathan : This is not the right age for Patty to be socially activated. We went through this.

  Susan : She's not a bomb, she's a little kid who has no ability to relate to other little kids.

  Nathan : [points at Justin]  You want her to relate to him?

  [Justin currently has his head stuck in the back of a sun lounger] 

  Justin : Help, help, help.

• Nathan : You see, Grandma, Patty studies Eastern philosophy. Our future leaders are going to have to be much more in tune with the Oriental mind.

  [Grandma looks confused and shakes her head]