Frasier (TV Series)

Motor Skills (2001)

Kelsey Grammer: Dr. Frasier Crane

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Quotes 

• [the Crane boys get into trouble at a motor skills class] 

  Randy : Let me see you guys out in the hall.

  [the other students make "Ooh...", "Busted." noises] 

  Randy : And bring your books and tools.

  Frasier : [sarcastically as he stands up]  Oh-ho, we're in trouble now.

  Niles : [following behind]  We're not in trouble, we *are* trouble.

• Niles : [the car stops running]  Oh, great! Now what?

  Frasier : All right. Let's not panic! Chelsea, if you would please, open the glove compartment. You will find a flashlight and a small toolkit. Reach *behind* them and hand me my cell phone. I'm going to call the auto club.

• Frasier : Randy, if I may? On behalf of the class, I would like to say that I-I feel that we're all a bit anxious. But with Randy as our driver, and desire as our gasoline, we will complete this journey together. To paraphrase a famous little engine, "I think we can."

  [a man in the middle row gathers his books and leaves the room] 

• Dr. Frasier Crane : What do we actually accomplish by learning to change our own spark plugs? Oh yes, of course we acquire a new skill, but aren't we taking a job away from a qualified mechanic?

  Dr. Niles Crane : Someone who may have a family to support. Not to mention all the merchants who depend on his disposable income for their livelihood!

  Dr. Frasier Crane : Yes, yes, the human toll begins to mount!

  Dr. Niles Crane : Society decays!

  Dr. Frasier Crane : Not if I have anything to say about it! Niles, I'm quitting! If you care one jot about civilization, you'll quit too.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Our duty is clear. Do we have time for gelatos?

  Dr. Frasier Crane : I think so, yes.

• Dr. Frasier Crane : We became back-row hooligans, Niles. The very students we hated back in school.

  Dr. Niles Crane : I always thought they were just mean. Now I realize they were simply acting out of frustration.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : So when Billy Kreizel tried to stuff you into your locker after math class, he wasn't really mad at you. He was mad at Pythagoras.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Which is ironic, because a simple volume equation would have shown him I couldn't fit.