3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series)

The Physics of Being Dick (1998)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Tommy Solomon

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Quotes 

• Dick : Using Coulomb's Third Law, I was able to prove that he did it.

  Tommy : What does that have to do with it?

  Dick : Nothing. All I proved was that he's rotating around the sun, but he didn't know that. That's the wonderful thing about physics, nobody understands it.

  Sally : So you can use your knowledge to bully people into submission.

  Dick : That's the plan. As long as America's educational system remains woefully inadequate, I rule!

• Dr. Dick Solomon : [looking forward to speaking at Career Day at Tommy's school]  Once your classmates hear me speak, you'll be the toast of the school.

  Sally : Wait, are you kidding, Dick? You're a Physics professor. I mean, that's almost as dorky as...

  [everyone thinks it over] 

  Tommy : I got nothin'.

  Harry Solomon : I'm stumped.

• Dr. Dick Solomon : [Dick is offended that everyone thinks his job is pointless]  This is outrageous. I'm wise, and revered, and I work damn hard. Who do you think puts food on the table?

  Sally : I put it there!

  Tommy : I'm going with America's farmers.

  Harry Solomon : There's food on the table?