Richard There are two kinds of people in this world - winners and losers. Inside each and everyone of you, deep inside the core of your being is a winner waiting to be awakened and unleashed upon the world.
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5 quotes Richard Richard Oh my God, I'm getting pulled over. Everyone, just... pretend to be normal.
Richard Sweet sweetness
Richard We were driving for six or seven hours... and we thought he was napping...
Richard Sarcasm is the refuge of losers.
Scenes with Richard
7 scenes
[Edwin is complaining about the family having chicken for dinner]
What's that? Chicken? Every night it's the **** chicken! Holy God Almighty! Is it possible, just once, we could get something to eat for dinner around here that's not the goddamned **** chicken?
Richard Whenever you are ready to cook your own food, you're more than welcome to it.
Well, at Sunset Manor, ya know...
Richard If you liked Sunset Manor so much, you shouldn't have gotten yourself kicked out of there, right?
Richard No, don't answer the question, Frank.
Richard...
Richard Don't answer it. He's not going to answer the question.
I wanted to kill myself because I was very unhappy..
Richard He's sick! He is a sick man! He's sick in his head!
Richard!
Richard I'm sorry, I don't think it's an appropriate conversation for a seven year-old.
Well, she's going to find out anyway.
Richard Okay.
Go on, Frank.
Why were you unhappy?
There were a lot of reasons, mainly though I fell in love with someone who didn't love me back.
Who?
One of my grad students. I was very much in love with him.
Him? It was a boy? You fell in love with a boy?
Yes, I did. Very much so.
That's silly.
Yes, you're right. It was very, very silly.
Richard Dad.
So that's when you tried to kill yourself.
Well, no, the boy that I was in love with fell in love with another man. Larry Sugarman.
Who's Larry Sugarman?
Larry Sugarman is perhaps the second most highly regarded Proust scholar in the U.S.
Richard Who's number one?
That would be me, Rich.
So that's when...
No, uh, what happened was I was a bit upset, so I said some things that I shouldn't have said and did some things that I shouldn't have done, and subsequently I was fired from my job and forced to move out of my apartment and into a motel.
[blows his nose]
And that's when you..'
Well, no. Actually, all of that was...okay, what happened was, two days ago the MacArthur Foundation, in its infinite wisdom, awarded a genius grant to Larry Sugarman. And that's when I...
Decided to check out early.
Yes. Yes. And I failed at that as well.
I practice everyday.
Well, then, good luck.
Richard It's not about luck, Frank. Luck is the name losers give to their own failings. It's about wanting to win.
Actually, Olive, "a la mode" in French translates as "in the fashion". A la mode. "Mode" is derived from latin "modus" do or proper...
Richard Frank, shut up.
What happened?
Richard I'll tell you when I regain consciousness.
Mom? Dad?
Richard [half asleep]
What is it, hon?
Grandpa won't wake up.
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[outraged at Olive's talent act]
What is your daughter doing?
Richard She's kickin' ass, that's what she's doing.
