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Daily dialogue — March 16, 2009

Scott Myers

16 Mar 2009
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“Oh, we were doomed from the start. I’m an Earth sign. She’s a Water sign. Together, we made mud.”

 — Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield), Back To School (1986), story by Rodney Dangerfield & Greg Fields & Dennis Snee, screenplay by Steven Kampmann & William Porter and Peter Torokvei & Harold Ramis

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