Memorable Quotes from Hal Landon Jr.
3 quotesConfrontation Among Characters in a Legal Context
Captain Logan
All right, lock him up with the rest of those wackos.
[the officer ushers Lincoln to his cell]
Lincoln
I am a lawyer, you know!
Ted
Dad!
[enters the station]
Captain Logan
You pack your bags, Ted.
Ted
What?
Captain Logan
You're going to military school, Ted.
Ted
But, Dad...
Captain Logan
No, I don't wanna hear it, Ted!
Ted
But...
Captain Logan
Ted! You go home and you pack your bags NOW!
[ushers Ted out of the station]
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Questioning Identity and Authority in Dialogue
Psychologist
I want to know why you claim to be Sigmund Freud.
Freud
Why do you claim I'm not Sigmund Freud?
Psychologist
Why do you keep asking me these questions?
[increasingly frustrated]
Freud
Tell me about your mother.
Psychologist
Oh, God.
[gets up from his desk]
Freud
Would you like a couch to lie on?
Psychologist
No, I don't want a couch to lie on!
Captain Logan
All right, what's your name?
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln. That's L-I-N-C-O-L-N.
Captain Logan
I know how to spell "Lincoln"! What's your birthday, Mr. Lincoln?
[in disbelief]
Lincoln
February 12, 1809.
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Searching for Keys at Home
Captain Logan
Ted?
[sees his son came home]
Ted
What are you doin home, Dad?
[surprised]
Captain Logan
I'm looking for my keys.
Ted
Oh.
Captain Logan
You haven't done anything with them, have ya?
Ted
No, sir.
Captain Logan
I spoke to your principal today, Ted. He said you're failing history.
Ted
Me and Bill-
Captain Logan
He also said that if you fail history, you flunk out of school. You know what that would mean, don't you, Ted?
Ted
That I would have to go to Oates Military Academy. Sir.
Captain Logan
I spoke to Colonel Oates this morning. He's anxious to meet you, Ted...
Ted
Dude, we gotta pass; otherwise, there's no more band.
[hops back in Missy's car]
Bill
Why?
Ted
My dad's sending me to military school.
Bill
Where?
Ted
Alaska...
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