- Det. Sgt. Ed Brown: Ah, 'the usable merit'. Some lunch?
- Prof. Riley MacDane: Sure. Are you going to buy?
- Det. Sgt. Ed Brown: No, you buy.
- Prof. Riley MacDane: Oh, no, no, no, you buy.
- Det. Sgt. Ed Brown: No, you buy.
- Prof. Riley MacDane: No, you buy.
- Det. Sgt. Ed Brown: It's your school.
- Robert T. Ironside: It depends. Sometimes yes; sometimes no.
- Det. Sgt. Ed Brown: That sounds a little inconsistent.
- Robert T. Ironside: Consistency, to paraphrase Emerson, is the hobgoblin of small minds.
- Robert T. Ironside: Maybe you'd like to paraphrase 'hobgoblin'? No? How about 'small minds'?