DickCan anyone get their head to swivel to the rear? (no) Then how are you suppose to lick your back!?
A character in 3rd Rock from the Sun
Played by John Lithgow
3rd Rock from the Sun · 206 quotes
Most-quoted character in 3rd Rock from the Sun: in 120 of its 206 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Mary Albright (23), Tommy Solomon (20), Sally Solomon (18)
DickCan anyone get their head to swivel to the rear? (no) Then how are you suppose to lick your back!?
DickI think we've underestimated the life on this planet. The people have so much courage. Here they are hurling through space on a molten rock at 67000 miles an hour and the only thing that keeps them from flying out of their shoes is their misplaced faith in gravity.
DickI want very much to feel, and to be felt. And I mean that from the heart of my bottom.
DickIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (flips to the back of the book) I'm not going to read 380 pages if he can't even make up his mind in the first sentence!
Dick[reading the Bible] Man, these people begat their brains out!
DickWe suck, we blow -- a posse of oral fixators. Let them try and ban smoking, for if they do!.. They'll just have a bunch of SMOKING OUTLAWS on their hands!
Dick[to Jeff] You think you're pretty clever, don't you? I happen to know that every word in your book was published years ago! Perhaps you've read...the dictionary!
DickEverybody here sells his time for money. It’s like taking a mortgage against your life.
DickWhat kind of a place is this where you can't wave handfuls of money around in the middle of the night?
DickTomorrow there will be a pop quiz on the effects of thermodynamics. Remember it's a pop quiz; if you study, I'll know!
[Dick meets his replacement for the first time]
DickYou! You're gorgeous!
[Dick is locked in an invisible box and feels the walls]
DickOh my God! He's turned me into a mime!
[after learning that the "family" are returning to their home planet]
DickI wish I had a machine that could freeze time...
[Mary looks at him questioningly]
DickUnfortunately, I left it in my other jacket.
You see, I am building the greatest incubator these puny humans have ever known. And when it is completed, I will spawn my own private army of --
[The crew stares at him apprehensively]
Of... fuzzy Easter chicks.
DickWhat's the point of having a democracy, if everybody's going to vote wrong?
Harry SolomonFrench Stewart · 56 quotes
Tommy SolomonJoseph Gordon-Levitt · 50 quotes
Sally SolomonKristen Johnson · 44 quotes
Dr. Mary AlbrightJane Curtin · 30 quotes
Nina CampbellSimbi Khali · 14 quotes
Officer DonWayne Knight · 9 quotes
Mrs. Mamie DubcekElmarie Wendel · 4 quotes
AugustShay Astar · 3 quotes
EddieSam Lloyd · 3 quotes
JJudithIleen Getz · 3 quotes
Vicki DubcekJan Hooks · 3 quotes
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