Gifted Movie Quotes
Mary Adler
He's a good person. He wanted me before I was smart.
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Mary Adler
Is there a God?
Frank Adler
I don't know.
Mary Adler
Just tell me.
Frank Adler
I would if I could. But I don't know. Neither does anybody else.
Mary Adler
Roberta knows.
Frank Adler
No. Roberta has faith... And that's the great thing to have. But faith's about what you think, feel. Not what you know.
Mary Adler
What about Jesus?
Frank Adler
Love that guy. Do what he says.
Mary Adler
But, is he God?
Frank Adler
I don't know. I have an opinion. But that's my opinion and I could be wrong. So why would I screw up yours? Use your head. But don't be afraid to believe in things either.
Mary Adler
Huh. There was a guy on TV who said there was *no* God.
Frank Adler
The only difference between the atheists on TV and Roberta is, Roberta loves you. She trying to help. Tell you what though. One way or another we all end up back together in the end. That's what you're asking, right?
Mary Adler
Yep.
Frank Adler
Okay. Find something else to worry about, will ya?
Mary Adler
All right.
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Frank Adler
Diane instructed me very clearly... that I was only to publish it postmortem.
Evelyn
She died six years ago.
Frank Adler
It wasn't her death she was talking about.
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Frank Adler
We've discussed this ad nauseum.
Mary Adler
What's ad nauseum?
Frank Adler
Oh, you don't know? Well, looks like someone needs school.
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Seymore Shankland
Mary, you knew that the problem was incorrect, why didn't you say anything?
Mary Adler
Frank says I'm not supposed to correct older people. Nobody like a smart-ass.
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Man
[emerging from the delivery room] It's a boy.
Grandfather
[jumping up] Way to go!
Frank Adler
[observing] That's exactly how it was when you were born.
Mary Adler
This happy?
Frank Adler
This happy.
Mary Adler
Who came out and told everybody?
Frank Adler
I did.
Mary Adler
Can we stay for another?
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Frank Adler
This is gonna be fun. You're gonna meet kids today you can borrow money from the rest of your life.
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Mary Adler
Is there a God?
Frank Adler
I don't know.
Mary Adler
Just tell me.
Frank Adler
I would if I could. But I don't know. Neither does anybody else.
Mary Adler
Roberta knows.
Frank Adler
No. Roberta has faith. And that's a great thing to have. But faith's about what you think, feel; not what you know.
Mary Adler
What about Jesus?
Frank Adler
Love that guy. Do what he says. I tell you what though - one way or the other we all end up back together in the end.
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Roberta Taylor
And I'm supposed to believe you know what you're doing. You couldn't even find a white lawyer.
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Frank Adler
She's not normal, but if Einstein can ride a bike so can she.
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Frank Adler
Miss Davis, if we separate our leaders - if we segregate them from people like you and me - you get "congressmen." So I'm sorry. I wish I can take your offer, but Mary stays. Unless you kick her out.
Gloria Davis
This is a mistake. We'll never be able to raise this child to the level of scholarship she deserves.
Frank Adler
Well...
[sarcastically]
Frank Adler
just dumb her down to a decent human being. Everybody wins.
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Frank Adler
Let me guess. our lovely principal, Miss Stable.
Evelyn
Never get on the bad side of small-minded people who have a little authority. I thought I told you that.
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[after waiting several seconds]
Bonnie Stevenson
Okay. Who can tell me what four...
Mary Adler
Seven thousand and six hundred and ninty five.
Bonnie Stevenson
I don't think anyone can do that.
Mary Adler
The square root is 87.7. And change. Now - what does ad nauseam mean?
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Evelyn
[testifying in court about Mary's mother]
Diane was not like regular people. She was extraordinary. And extraordinary people come with singular issues and needs. You have no idea the capability she possessed. One in a billion. And you would say: "Fine, let's throw that away, so the boy who cuts our yard can make a sexual conquest." Well, maybe before you make that decision, you stand in my shoes. I had responsibilities, which are beyond the mother-daughter relationship. The greatest discoveries, which have improved life on this planet, have come from minds rarer than radium. Without them, we'd still be crawling in mud. And, for your information, Counselor, a year after this incident with this boy, Diane thanked me for my intervention. She realized she'd made a mistake and thanked me. You see, Diane understood she was accountable for the gift she'd been given. And she didn't shy from it. And I think, if she were here today, Mr. Attorney, she would refute your baseless insinuations that she would give up her brilliant future and take her own life just because Mommy didn't giver her a little red wagon.
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Evelyn
It's a Macbook, darling. Top of the line, with the retina display.
Frank Adler
Hey, you know who else has a retina display?
Mary Adler
Fred!
Evelyn
Mary, I understand you like mathematics. So, on there, you'll find a great out-of-print book by Charles Zimmer called "Transitions in Advanced Algebra."
Mary Adler
Yeah. Love that book.
Evelyn
You're saying you've read it?
Mary Adler
Yeah, I've kind of moved on to differential equations now.
Frank Adler
Don't forget your manners. Thank your grandma.
Mary Adler
Thank you, Grandma.
Evelyn
Grandmother or Evelyn will do just fine. There's so much more on there. Things I know you'll find really challenging.
Frank Adler
Yes, but sadly it's a school night, and there's homework to do. What a surprise, though, right? Say good night to Grandmother or Evelyn.
Mary Adler
Good night.
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Roberta Taylor
If anybody takes that baby away, I'll smother you in your sleep.
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Mary Adler
You drive like an old lady.
Frank Adler
It's Florida, I'm blending in.
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Mary Adler
[in her counseling session]
My best friend, other than Frank and Fred, is Roberta who lives a couple houses away.
Pat Golding
Really? What's she like?
Mary Adler
She's nice and funny. And I love her.
Pat Golding
That's nice. Is Roberta your only friend your age?
Mary Adler
Roberta's not my age. She's like 40, 50... 30-something. Roberta's grown woman? People my age are boring. Roberta's cool.
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Roberta Taylor
I'm so worried.
Frank Adler
Come on, Roberta. If you start crying, I will have to pretend to start crying.
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[first lines]
Mary Adler
No!
Frank Adler
Let me see.
Mary Adler
No.
Frank Adler
Come on, I made you special breakfast.
Mary Adler
You can't cook.
Frank Adler
Hey, Mary, open up.
[as she emerges]
Frank Adler
You look beautiful.
Mary Adler
I look like Disney character...
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Frank Adler
Look, I am...
Bonnie Stevenson
Oh, you know what? I'm actually incapable of having this conversation right now.
Frank Adler
Good. Good. 'Coz I have no idea what I was gonna say.
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Frank Adler
This family has a history with those schools. And I think the last thing that little girl needs is reinforcement that she's different. Trust me, she knows. So... I think Mary. I think she's gotta be here. Today's a bad ending, you can't hit people. But a 12 year old bullies a 7 year old and she stands up? Do you know how important that is to me that she did that? You know how proud I am of her? Aren't you?
Gloria Davis
Mr. Adler, your daughter shattered a young boy's...
Frank Adler
I know. You can't hit people. That will be made very clear. I get that. But Miss Davis, if we seperate our leaders... If we segregate them from people like you and me... you get congressman.
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Evelyn
Midlife crisis, apparently.
Frank Adler
He's 70.
Evelyn
I know. Must have been on time delay or something.
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Frank Adler
Look, just don't worry, okay?
Roberta Taylor
Don't tell me that. There's nothing you can say that's gonna make me feel good because I have no say in any of this, Frank. I'm not a blood relative! I'm not a legal guardian! I'm nothing! Just a lady who lives next door whose opinions mean nothing, whose feelings mean nothing! Would I like to have Mary tonight? I'd like to have Mary every night.
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[Like the morning ritual of her first grade class]
[Exits, nervously]
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Mary Adler
Please, Frank. Why are you leaving me?
Frank Adler
Because the court said I had to. You know this. We've discussed this ad naus... We've discussed this.
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Evelyn
While I was waiting, a cockroach this big tried to steal my shoe.
Frank Adler
Yeah. He'll take a shoe.
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Frank Adler
Her lawyer has a nice suit.
Greg Cullen
Relax Frank! More weight's put on the talent competition.
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Mary Adler
There's a lady standing in front of our door.
Frank Adler
Who is it?
Mary Adler
How should I know? I'm seven.
Frank Adler
That would be your grandmother.
Mary Adler
Holy shit!
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Frank Adler
You're going to take that girl, you're going to bury her in tutors and you're going to loan her out to some think tank where she can talk about non-trivial zeroes with a bunch of old Russian guys for the rest of her life.
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Frank Adler
I don't know which mistake is worse, designing a water pump that leaks, or putting it somewhere no human can reach. How do you design something you know is gonna fail? Gotta be devious or clueless, right?
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Evelyn
I've been thinking a lot about the word "compromise." On one hand good challenging school, on the other, foster people. They can watch sitcoms with her, take her to Olive Garden, teach her to say "irregardless." The only saving grace, I suppose, is that she's better off than she was. Well... Goodbye, Frank.
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Evelyn
A man whose idea of roughing it is being too far from the ice cream machine at the Ritz-Carlton now owns 1000 acres of grass and dung. He has a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and a horse that doesn't know dressage. Mid life crisis apparently on time delay. The fastest asset management in the west. The man who shot Liberty Mutual.
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