Magnolia (1999)

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I know I did a stupid thing. So stupid! Getting braces. I thought... I thought he would love me. Getting... braces! And for what? For something I don't even... I don't know where to put things, you know? I really do have love to give! I just don't know where to put it!

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I'm sick and I'm in love.

Thurston Howell : You seem the sort of person who confuses the two.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : That's right. That's the first time you've been right. I confuse the two and I don't care.

[singing along to Aimee Mann's "Wise Up"]

Claudia Wilson Gator : It's not / What you thought / When you first began it / You got / What you want / Now you can hardly stand it though / By now you know / It's not going to stop

Jim Kurring : It's not going to stop / It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up

Jimmy Gator : You're sure / There's a cure / And you have finally found it

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : You think / One drink / Will shrink you 'til you're underground / And living down / But it's not going to stop

Phil Parma : It's not going to stop

Earl Partridge : It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up

Linda Partridge : Prepare a list for what you need / Before you sign away the deed / 'Cause it's not going to stop

Frank T.J. Mackey : It's not going to stop / It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up / No, it's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up / No, it's not going to stop

Stanley Spector : So just... give up

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I used to be smart, but now I'm just stupid.

Thurston Howell : Brad, dear, who was it that said..."A man of genius has seldom been ruined but by himself"?

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : [quietly; to himself] ... Samuel Johnson...

Thurston Howell : It was the lovely Samuel Johnson! Who also spoke of a fellow "who was not only dull... but a cause of dullness in others."

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : "The cause of dullness in others."

Thurston Howell : Picky picky!

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Let me tell you this; Samuel Johnson never had his life shit on... and taken from him, and his money stolen! Who took his life and his money? His parents? His mommy, and daddy? Make him live this life like this... A man of genius who gets shit on as a child!... and that scars! That hurts! Have you ever been hit by lightning? It hurts. It doesn't happen to everyone. It's an electrical charge. It finds its way across the universe... and it lands in your body, and your head! And as for ruined, but by himself... not if his parents took his freaking life... and his money, and tell you to do this... and to do that, and if you don't...

Smiling Peanut Patron #1 : Your parents took your money you won on that game show?

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Yes! They did.

[to Thurston]

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : What does that mean, a spoke in the wheel?

Thurston Howell : Things go round and round, don't they?

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Yes, they do... They do. But I'll make my dreams come true.

Thurston Howell : Sounds sad as a weeping willow.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I used to be smart. But now I'm just stupid.

Thurston Howell : [raising his glass] Shall we drink to that?

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Want to know the common element for the entire group?... I'll tell you the answer: I'll tell you, 'cause I had that one. I had that question... Carbon. Carbon. In pencil lead, it's in the form of graphite and in coal, it's mixed up with other impurities and in the diamond it's in hard form.

[Jimmy Gator impression]

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : "Well... all we were asking was the common element, Donnie... but thank you for all that unnecessary knowledge... haha, kids! Heads so full of useless knowledge. Thank you. Thank you." And the book says: "We may be through with the past... but the past is not through with us!"

[to Thurston]

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : And... no, it is not dangerous to confuse children with angels!

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I'm sick... I'm sick here now. I confuse melancholy with depression sometimes. You see?

Thurston Howell : Why don't you run along now, friend? Your dessert is getting cold.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I'm sick.

Thurston Howell : Stay that way.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I'm sick, and I'm in love.

Thurston Howell : You seem the sort of person who confuses the two.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : That's right! That's the first time you've been right. I confuse the two, and I don't care!

[to Brad]

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I love you. I love you, and I'm sick. I'll talk to you - I'll talk to you tomorrow. I'm getting corrective oral surgery tomorrow... for my teeth. I love you, Brad. Brad the bartender. You want to love me back? I'll be good to you. I'll be goddamn good for you. I won't be mad if you don't know who said what. I won't punish you if you get the answer wrong. I can teach you, and tell you...

Thurston Howell : Brad, you have a special secret crush over there, I think. Don't treat him too lovely. He might get hurt...

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : - You, shut up! Mind your own business!

Thurston Howell : Gently, son!

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Brad, I know you don't love me now.

Thurston Howell : It's a dangerous thing to confuse children with angels.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Do you know who I am?

Thurston Howell : You're a friend of the family, I presume.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : What does that mean?

Thurston Howell : Nothing special. Just a spoke in the wheel.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : You talk in rhymes and riddles and r-Rub-a-Dub. But that doesn't mean anything to me. See, I used to be smart. I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith.

[loudly]

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith, from TV.

Thurston Howell : It might have been before my time.

Smiling Peanut Patron #1 : I remember. In the Sixties, right?

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith.

Thurston Howell : Like you said.

Smiling Peanut Patron #1 : Smart kid! You got struck by lightning once.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : So what?

Smiling Peanut Patron #1 : I heard about that.

Smiling Peanut Patron #2 : Did it hurt?

Thurston Howell : But you're all right now. So what's the what?

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : What?

Thurston Howell : That's right.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : You look like you have money in your pocket.

Thurston Howell : Maybe I'm just happy to see my friend Brad there.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Just throw some money around. Money, money, money.

Thurston Howell : This sounds threatening.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Do you have love in your heart?

Thurston Howell : I have love all over. I even have love for you, friend.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Is it real love? The kind of love that makes you feel... that intangible joy in the pit of your stomach... like a bucket of acid and nerves running around... making you hurt and happy and all over... You're head over heels?

Thurston Howell : You lost me with the last couple of cocktail words spoken my boy... but I believe it's that sort of love. Sounds nice to me.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I have love.

Thurston Howell : A very chatty kind, indeed you do.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : No, I mean I'm telling you - I have love.

Thurston Howell : Yes, and I'm listening avidly, fella.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : My name is Donnie Smith, and I have lots of love to give.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : What am I doing? What the fuck am I doing?

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I need braces.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I'm sick.

Thurston Howell : Stay that way.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : Have you ever been struck by lightning? It hurts.

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith : I have love.