Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Lou Cutell: Dr. Brainard

Quotes 

• Dr. Brainard : You were right about the electric flea collar. The extension cord was a bad idea.

• [during the conference; several audience members leave] 

  Wayne Szalinski : ...And given that my machine can substantially reduce the size of bulky payloads and fuel supplies, the savings to the space program would be staggering.

  Professor Frederickson : [puzzled at Wayne's invention]  Mr. Szalinski, are you trying to tell me that suddenly size is no longer relative?

  Wayne Szalinski : That's right, Professor Frederickson; and with the amount of space in any given object, we can thereby shrink the object.

  Professor Frederickson : Uh-huh, where's your proof?

  Wayne Szalinski : When Einstein came up with the Atomic Bomb, did they ask him to prove that it worked?

  Professor Frederickson : You, Mr. Szalinski, are hardly Einstein.

  [audience laughs] 

  Wayne Szalinski : I picked a name.

  Professor Frederickson : You have, however, managed to shrink one thing: the size of this audience!

  [to the rest of the audience] 

  Professor Frederickson : Gentlemen, ladies, I don't know about you; but I'm going to lunch.

  [Professor Frederickson and the rest of the audience get up to leave; Dr. Brainard approaches the stage and stops Wayne] 

  Dr. Brainard : Pardon me. Wayne. Wayne.

  Wayne Szalinski : Oh, hi, Dr. Brainard.

  Dr. Brainard : Don't take it too hard, Wayne. It'll take time to convince people without proof.

  Wayne Szalinski : I appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

  Dr. Brainard : [as the two leave the conference room]  By the way, you were right about the electric flea collar: the extension cord was a bad idea.