Memorable Quotes from Charlie Ian
1 quoteFriendship and Its Perceived Value
Uncle Frank
You got any friends, Andy?
Andrew
No.
Uncle Frank
Oh, why's that?
Andrew
I don't know, I just never really saw the use.
Uncle Frank
Well, who are you going to play with otherwise? ] and ], they were school buddies, am I right?
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Andrew
] didn't know anybody til ] threw a cymbal at his head.
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Uncle Frank
So that's your idea of success, huh?
Andrew
I think being the greatest musician of the 20th century is anybody's idea of success.
Jim
Dying broke and drunk and full of heroin at the age of 34 is not exactly my idea of success.
Andrew
I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remembered who I was.
Uncle Frank
Ah, but your friends will remember you, that's the point.
Andrew
None of us were friends with Charlie Parker. That's the point.
Uncle Frank
Travis and Dustin? They have plenty of friends and plenty of purpose.
Andrew
I'm sure they'll make great school board presidents someday.
Dustin
Oh, that's what this is all about? You think you're better than us?
Andrew
You catch on quick. Are you in Model UN?
Travis
I got a reply for you, Andrew. You think Carleton football's a joke? Come play with us.
Andrew
Four words you will never hear from the NFL.
Aunt Emma
Who wants dessert?
Jim
Hear from Lincoln Center?
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