I had really good English teachers in elementary through high school. Not only were we required to read a lot - which is the best training for writing - we were drilled on grammar every day, every night. I hated the drill part, but I don't dangle my participles too often.
My first lip balms were Bonne Bell Lip Smackers, which, correct me if I'm wrong, sometimes had little bracelets attached to the caps-meaning your lip balm could idly dangle from your wrist like a charm bracelet when not in use, not unlike some iPhone accessories.
Ward Abbott: So, what are we looking at?
Pamela Landy: I want to know about it.
Ward Abbott: Know about it? It was a kill squad. Black on black. We closed it down two years ago. Nobody wants to know about Treadstone. Not around here. So I think you better take this back to Marty and let him know exactly what you're doing.
Pamela Landy: He does. I've been down to the archives. I've have the files Ward. Let's talk about Conklin.
Ward Abbott: What are you after Pam? You want to fry me? You want my desk. Is that it?
Pamela Landy: I want to know what happened.
Ward Abbott: What happened? Jason Bourne happened. You got the files.
Then let's cut the crap. Conklin had these guys wound so tight they were bound to snap. Bourne was his number one. The guy went for a job, screwed the op, never came back. Conklin couldn't fix it, couldn't find Bourne, couldn't adjust. It all went sideways.
Pamela Landy: So you had Conklin killed. I mean if we're cutting the crap.
Ward Abbott: I've
given 30 years and 2 marriages to this agency. I've shoveled shit on 4 continents. I'm due to retire next year. But if you think I'm going to sit here and let you dangle me with this, you can go to hell. And Marshall too. It had to be done.
Hugo: [singing] A guy like you she's never known, kid. / A guy like you a girl does not meet every day. / You've got a look that's all your own, kid. / Could there be two?
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] Like you? No way!
Hugo: [singing] Those other guys that she could dangle all look the
same from every boring point of view. / You're a surprise from every angle. / Mon Dieu above, she's gotta love a guy like you.
Victor: [singing] A guy like you gets extra credit / Because it's true you've got a certain some thing more.
Hugo: [spoken] You're aces, kid!
Laverne: [singing] You see that face / You don't forget it.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] Want something new?
Hugo: [singing] That's you.
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] For sure!
Laverne: [singing] We all have gaped at some Adonis.
Victor: [singing] But then we crave a meal
more nourishing to chew.
Hugo: [singing] And since you're shaped like a croissant is...
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] No question of, she's gotta love a guy like you!
Wanda: [after Otto breaks in on Wanda and Archie in Archie's flat and hangs him out the window] I was dealing with something delicate, Otto. I'm setting up a guy who's incredibly important to us, who's going to tell me where the loot is and if they're going to come and arrest you. And you come loping in like Rambo without a jockstrap and you dangle him out a fifth-floor window.
Now, was that smart? Was it shrewd? Was it good tactics? Or was it stupid?
Otto West: Don't call me stupid.
Wanda: Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I've known sheep that could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape?
Otto West: Apes
don't read philosophy.
Wanda: Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it. Now let me correct you on a couple of things, OK? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up.
Sherlock Holmes: Sometimes you must dangle your feet in the water in order to attract the sharks.