Schoolhouse Rock! quotes

Three is a magic number,

Yes it is, it's a magic number.

Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity

You get three can't you see it's the magic number.

The past and the present and the future.

Faith and Hope and Charity,

The heart and the brain and the body

Give you three as a magic number.

A man and a woman had a little baby.

Yes they did, there were three in the family,

And that's a magic number.

My hero, Zero, such a funny little hero,

But till you came along,

We counted on our fingers and toes.

Now you're here to stay

And nobody really knows

How wonderful you are.

Why we could never reach a star,

Without you, Zero, my hero,

How wonderful you are.

What's so wonderful about a zero?

It's nothing, isn't it?

Sure, it represents nothing alone.

But place a zero after 1

And you've got yourself a 10.

See how important that is?

When you run out of digits,

You can start all over again.

See how convenient that is?

Elementary, my dear, two times two is four.

Elementary, my dear, two times three is six.

Elementary, my dear, two times four is eight.

Elementary, my dear, two times five is ten.Two times one is two, of course.

And it must occur to you,

You get an even number

Every time you multiply by two.

Two times ten is twenty, eleven twice is twenty-two,

Double twelve that's twenty-four, thirteen twice is twenty-six,

Fourteen twice is twenty-eight, fifteen twice is thirty, now you're buildin' up on thirty:

Sixteen twice is thirty-two, elementary.

Seventeen twice is thirty-four, elementary.

Eighteen twice is thirty-six, elementary.

Nineteen twice is thirty-eight, elementary.

Twenty twice is forty, and it must occur to you,

You can double any number, all you do is multiply by two...

Forty days and forty nights,

Didn't it rain, children?

Not a speck of land in sight,

Didn't it, didn't it rain.

But Noah built the ark so tight,

They sailed on, children.

And when at last the waters receded,

And the dove brought back the olive tree leaf,

He landed that ship near Mount Ararat,

And one of his children grabbed Noah's robe and said

"Hey Dad, how many animals on this old ark anyway, huh?"

Now, what's two times ninety-eight?

"Oh, that's hard!

No, it's very simple!

two times ninety-eight equals two time minus two hundred two times two.

That's two hundred minus four a hundred ninety-six, elementary.

Now Miss Simpson said...

She teaches school, you know -

Yeah, she took us there.

Well, Miss Simpson said -

If we counted every head on these quadrupeds,

Then multiplied that number by four,

We'd know how many feet went through the door,

If we turned 'em all loose.

Oh no, don't do that!

It's really a groovy zoo.

But, anyway, what Miss Simpson said,

It was a good chance to work on our fours in our head.

One, two, three, four!

Multiplying by five is a little like countin' by five. In fact, if you counted along on your fingers as you counted out loud by fives, your fingers would tell you how many fives you've got.

I got six.

That's all there is.

Six times one is six, one times six.He got six.

I put mine with his and we got twelve.

Six times two is twelve, two times six.

Now you can call me Lucky, 'cause Lucky's my name.

Singin' and dancin', that's my game.

I never did a whole day's work in my life,

Still everything seems to turn out right.

Like a grasshopper on a summer's day,

I just love to play,

And pass the time away,

'Cause I was born 'neath a lucky star.

They said I'd go far.

Remember Lucky Seven Sampson, that's my natural born name.

If you should ask me again, I'd have to tell you the same.

You'll wake up tomorrow, you'll be glad that I came

'Cause you'll be singin' one of the songs that I sang.

So keep a happy outlook and be good to your friend,

And maybe I'll pass this way again.

Maybe!

Figure eight as double four,

Figure four as half of eight.

If you skate, you would be great

If you could make a figure eight.

That's a circle that turns 'round upon itself.