- Nick Chase: How'd you learn so much?
- Matthew Wiggins: I don't know. I just, uh, soak up things. My dad says I'm like a sponge.
- Nick Chase: Yeah, well, my dad said I was a sponge, too, but I think he meant it different than YOUR pop.
- Matthew Wiggins: Dr. Ludwin, could we please talk some more about how this fish is probably gonna die in a couple of weeks. I mean, the class is real upset about it. Right, guys?
- [class murmurs in a disinterested way]
- Matthew Wiggins: Hey, they're ready to march.
- Professor Ludwin: Where would we all be if Dr. Louis Pasteur fell in love with his bacteria? Good God, that's a disgusting thought.
- Matthew Wiggins: Well, over at the science building, they have this fish, and it's gonna be dead in a couple of weeks.
- Nick Chase: Don't worry about it. They'll flush it.
- Matthew Wiggins: My whole life just flashed right before my eyes.
- Carl: That quick?
- Matthew Wiggins: Guys, I'm only fourteen.
- Nick Chase: Oh, man, are you guys finished feelin' sorry for yourselves?
- Carl: No, I think we can squeeze out a few more minutes.
- Sheldon: How's a guy like me gonna do what has to be done?
- Nick Chase: Okay. An old sergeant's trick: whatever you wanna do, think it through in your mind and it'll happen, kid.
- Carl: If that was true, I wouldn't be a virgin.