The Best Breaking Bad, Season 2, Episode 12 Quotes

Walter: Skyler, it's charity.
Skyler: Why do you say that like it's some sort of dirty word?

- He knows you own the place.
- Dad, he's our tenant.
- End of story.
- Why would I get involved with a tenant?
- Okay.
- There you go.

- I mean, he's my partner.
- I'm your partner.
- The largest land animal in all the planet...
- Lives in a tightly knit matriarchal society...
- Led by the eldest female in the herd.
- Close your eyes and go to sleep.

- Somebody broke in.
- Okay.

- Listen, take it easy, sky.
- I really can't begin to thank you.
- Don't think anything of it.
- It's my pleasure.
- Congratulations again.
- Thank you.
- She's beautiful.
- Okay. I'll talk to you soon.
- Okay. Take care.

- But I'm just so glad, the way it all worked out.
- Doing it natural instead.
- It just couldn't have gone any better.
- Let me go get your things.
- And I'll get my stuff too, okay?
- I'll spend the night.
- Okay.

- But of course, they don't.
- I mean, what do you do with someone like that?
- Family?
- Yeah. Family.
- You can't give up on them. Never.
- I mean, what else is there?

- All right, all right. No, I understand.
- All right. No, I'll just keep looking.
- I'm pulling into Wal-Mart now, so...
- Yeah. Okay. Love you.
- Thank you.
- Well played.

Donald: They found water on Mars.
Walter: They have indeed.
Donald: Don't know what to do with that information but, hey, God bless them, they found it.
Walter: Oh, well, actually they theoretically can separate the hydrogen from the oxygen and process that into providing fuel for manned space flights. Ostensibly, turning Mars into a giant gas station.

- Albuquerque police.
- How may I direct your call?
- Tomorrow.
- Hello?
- Hello?
- I'm sorry. I made a mistake.
- Tomorrow.

- Show me what else you put on.
- This was all his idea.
- He worked so hard on it.
- Just let him help.
- Skyler.
- It's... you can't ask him to take it down.
- It'll crush him.
- Skyler, it's charity.
- Why do you say that like it's some sort of dirty word?

- Man, look, I'm off the heroin.
- I didn't even like it anyway.
- It made me sick.
- And the... and the meth.
- You know, I could take it or leave it.
- I'm clean, Mr. White.
- For real.

- Now the cotton.
- Needle?
- I don't understand why you need him.
- Exactly.
- My point exactly.

- That's right. Daddy did that.
- Daddy did that for you.

Jesse: [Speaking about Walter White] I mean, like, like, who's he, right? I mean, first off, I taught him. He's always acting like I'm his dentured servant.

- Jesse.
- Not you.

- Dad.
- I was in the shower, hey.
- I overslept.
- I'm running late, but I'll be there.
- Baby, I gotta go.
- Okay.

- Excuse me. Skyler white?
- 307.
- Thank you.

- Jesse, it's me.
- Jesse, I just wanna talk.

- They're selling testing kits at the drugstores.
- If you are clean,
- I will give you every last dime.
- No, huh?
- Well, I guess, until then you'll just have to depend...
- On the kindness of strangers to get high.
- That and your little junkie girlfriend.

- Four hundred and eighty thousand.
- What?
- What?
- Thousand.
- Not on your back, in case you throw up.
- On your side. Sleep on your side.

Walter: This is insane. I have so much cash on hand that I actually count it by weighing it on my bathroom scale. And yet, I can't spend it. I can't tell my family about it. All of whom think that I am right on the edge of bankruptcy. I mean, it's..It's insane.
Saul: Well, I guess that's why gangsters had molls.
Walter: What?
Saul: Gun molls. Haven't you ever seen White Heat?
Walter: Yeah, I've seen White Heat but I don't see how that pertains.
Saul: Maybe you need a moll more than a wife who you can't trust with your secrets.
Walter: Just..
Saul: What good is money that doesn't spend? The tree falls in the forest... .

Donald: Well played. They found water on Mars.
Walter: They have indeed.
Donald: Don't exactly know what to with that information, but, hey, God bless them, they found it.
Walter: Oh, well, actually, they theoretically can separate the hydrogen from the oxygen and process that into providing fuel for man's space flights. Ostensibly, turning Mars into a giant gas station. So it's a... Yeah. We live in an amazing time.
Donald: To water on Mars.
Walter: To water on Mars.
Donald: So, what did you have? Girl or boy?
Walter: Oh. Little girl.
Donald: That's nice. Congratulations.
Walter: Thank you.
Donald: I have a daughter.
Walter: Yeah. How old?
Donald: Old enough to know better. Twenty-seven next month.
Walter: Oh. You have other kids?
Donald: Just the one.
Walter: I've got a 16 year old boy. Well, he's almost 16. Jeez. There's a spread, huh? But he helps out, though. He's even changing some diapers now, so. It's more than I managed to do when I was his age.
Donald: Kids today grow up faster. I think.
Walter: Yeah, maybe so. So any advice? Having a daughter. Any advice?
Donald: Oh. No, not really. Just love them. Just... I mean, they... they are who they are.
Walter: Yeah. I've got this... nephew. This nephew who is, I mean, he's an adult. But you can't infantilize them, you can't live their life for them. But still, I mean, there is that frustration. You know, that... God, that frustration that goes along with, you know: "Yes, as a matter of fact, I do know what is best for you, so listen." But of course, they don't. I mean, what do you do with someone like that?
Donald: Family.
Walter: Yeah. Family...
Donald: You can't give up on them. Never. I mean, what else is there?

- I wish.
- Mom's even talking about me getting a job.
- That's right. Everybody pitches in.
- Why don't we ever get Chinese?
- I'll get her.
- I'll get her.

- Hammacher schlemmer makes a proper one of those.
- It's hypoallergenic.
- Oh, yeah?
- Well, I think a towel will do.
- Skyler, what is it?
- Your son. He is just unbelievable.
- Come see what he did.
- I told you it's not ready yet.
- Honey, just show it to them.

- I'm talking about basic survival, you know?
- I'm conversing about life and death."
- I mean, this here, what we've been doing...
- Hell, Becky knows.
- Dad?
- I overslept. I'm on my way.

Walter: And now my son created his own website SaveWalterWhite.com, soliciting anonymous donations. Do you have any idea how that makes me feel?
Saul: Yeah, look at that. It's got PayPal and everything.
Walter: Cyber-begging. That's all that is. Just rattling a little tin cup to the entire world.

- Yes. Good girl.
- That's a good girl.
- My little girl, huh?
- Hey, do you wanna see something?
- Come here.
- Oh, I know, I know.

- You meant all that?
- I don't know.
- I just think if we had enough money...
- Nobody could make us do anything.

- I'm getting a warm and fuzzy feeling just thinking about it.
- He's an asshole, that's what.
- Always judging me.
- Not too much.
- I mean, like, who is he, right?
- I mean, first off, I taught him.
- Always acting like
- I'm his indentured servant.

- Nice job wearing the pants.
- How do I know she'll keep quiet?
- I guess you don't.
- You'll never hear from either of us again.
- You're not seeing straight, Jesse.
- You are making a mistake.

- Hey.
- You wanna see what your daddy did for you?
- Let me show you.
- Here. Come here.
- Wanna see?

- I guess I don't really care.
- I just didn't wanna see anybody.
- You guys know how that is.
- All it would take is one friend...
- And I'd be out ripping and running again.
- But I made it. I really made it.
- I got one year clean to the day.

- Skyler, I'm so sorry. I'm just...
- Are you okay?
- Meet your daughter.

- She is finally asleep.
- What you doing, learning about elephants?
- Oh, honey, we're out of diapers.
- Would you mind going out?

Jane: Do you know what this is?
Jesse: It's a whole lot of cheddar.
Jane: This is freedom. This is saying, "I can go anywhere I want. I can be anybody." What do you want to be? Where do you want to go? South America? Europe? Australia?
Jesse: Is New Zealand part of Australia?
Jane: New Zealand is New Zealand.
Jesse: Right on. New Zealand. That's where they made "Lord of the Rings". I say we just move there, yo. I mean, you can do your art. Right? Like, you can paint the local castles and shit. And I can be a bush pilot.

- Is she beautiful?
- Yeah, I'm staring at brake lights on the 40.
- Some accident up ahead.
- Christ! Today of all days, huh?
- No, no, no. Let her rest.
- I'll be there as soon as I can.
- Thank you.