- Max Bright: [first lines - serene temple setting] There is a Zen saying: the true Buddhist will gladly jump into hell in order to save another human being.
- [abrupt transition to noisy domestic dispute]
- Max Bright: What's there to discuss, because I 100% approve of Mai Ling, totally approve. So what's to discuss?
- Mr. Wroth: Mai Ling has to approve of you.
- Max Bright: Oh. Oh. Well, that's fair... What do I gotta do, drop my shorts?
- Max Bright: Lady experts really trained you?
- Mai Ling: Yes.
- Max Bright: For thousands of years...
- Mai Ling: I'm only 28 years old.
- Max Bright: [to caretaker] The next time you see me, you forgive me if I don't hold up my end of the conversation.
- Max Bright: Men want to marry their mothers: someone who will do anything for them and expect nothing in return.