John Phillips Quotes in Center of the Web (1992)

John Phillips: If I was that good of an actor, I wouldn't be teaching to make a living.

Farmer: There ain't no college professor gonna teach me how to farm my land.

John Phillips: How much land you got left that hasn't blown away? Look, men, let's quit arguing and kidding ourselves. We're all in the same boat. And we're all gonna sink unless we stick together. Every one of us has been served with a "dispossess notice," not by Uncle Sam or a bank or some mortgage company, but by a little ol' gal we've been kicking in the teeth, Mother Nature.

John Phillips: It's important that people have their own views based on an understanding of facts. But, it's also important not to trust the facts, because most of them are lies.

Heidi Phillips: I don't get it.

John Phillips: It basically comes down to a gut thing. You just have to be open to allowing for a truth which differs from your own opinions. Or else you'll never actually see the truth at all.

John Phillips: You're bigger than the last time I saw you. How old are you now?

Heidi Phillips: Dawn's 8. I'm 12 1/2.

John Phillips: Wow.

Dawn Phillips: How old are you?

John Phillips: 32. Bet that sounds pretty old to you, doesn't it?

Heidi Phillips: Do you have a job?

John Phillips: Why, are you hiring?

Stanley Philipps: So what have you been up to, John?

John Phillips: I'm studying to take the GRE.

Stanley Philipps: Good. You're going back to school?

John Phillips: I'm thinking about it, yeah.

Stanley Philipps: That's great. What for?

John Phillips: Law. Or medicine. I haven't decided yet.