- Lance: So when you say something negative and insult the other person... You're really just showing that other person what an unsure-of-yourself-type person that you really feel like you are.
- Alvin: I was running, and then I reached the cliff, and all I know is I wanted to either fly or kill myself.
- Truck Driver: You know what? You shouldn't smoke.
- Alvin: Yeah, I know, it's bad for ya.
- Truck Driver: No, I mean *you* shouldn't smoke. You look stupid.
- [last lines]
- Alvin: If there was a woman in that truck - I'm not saying that there is - but if there was, would you be good to her?
- Truck Driver: HUH?
- Alvin: Would you be good to her? Would you make sure that everything is okay?
- Truck Driver: You better believe it.
- [drives away]
- Title Card: In 1987, 43,000 woodland acres in central Texas were burned by wildfires. Approximately 1,600 homes were destroyed and 4 lives were lost. The causes of the fires remains unknown.
- [first lines]
- Alvin: [about cassette tape] Hey! What are you doing?
- Lance: I was falling asleep. I thought it would be a good idea to change the station situation.
- Alvin: It wasn't. I was listening to that.
- Lance: I know, but it's boring for the rest of us. I was falling asleep doing the work.
- Alvin: So what?
- Lance: So, I wanna play this tape. I wanna play this play to get motivated and pumped up, ya know?
- Alvin: I know, I know you want to play that tape. Look, you know what, Lance, I'm not here to start a fight. That's not what I want to do. But I need to listen to my language tapes in order to become proficient and informed to the best of my abilities.
- Lance: What about the equal time agreement?
- Alvin: That doesn't apply to studies in education. The equal time boom box agreement doesn't apply in this case. That's for recreation.
- Lance: Oh, come on!
- Alvin: Hey, don't push my buttons, alright? You are not the boss here. I'm the boss. I hired you. And we have a lot of work to do. We could sit here arguing about language and music and blah, blah. But we've got a lot of work to do. A lot of lines to paint, and it's a very long road. I suggest you start the machine and keep it going.
- Lance: Alvin.
- Alvin: Yeah?
- Lance: You have your tool belt on backwards.
- [restarts the loud motor]
- Alvin: Let's just enjoy the silence.
- Truck Driver: Well, let me give you a little advice. Never sleep with the same woman more than three times in a row, no matter how good it is. Otherwise, ya start to develop feelings. Feelings. That's how you feel.
- Lady: All of these things are... are like memories Sometimes I feel like I'm digging in my own ashes.
- Truck Driver: Now look here, buddy. If there'd have been a lady in my truck, I'd hold on tight. I wouldn't let her go.