Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005)

Becky Wahlstrom: Grace Polk

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Quotes 

• Grace Polk : It's the one advantage to being universally despised: you get to say whatever you want.

• Grace : [to Joan]  Do you have multiple personality disorder? Is that what this is?

• Luke : Look, I've really enjoyed our collaboration. I... I feel our intellects and approaches really compliment each other, and I was, you know, hoping you felt the same way.

  Grace : [sarcastically]  Stop, stop, you're embarrassing me with your dirty talk.

• Joan : Does my hair look funny?

  Grace Polk : Your hair always looks funny.

  [laughs] 

  Grace Polk : Sometimes it just pops into my head and I just laugh.

• [Joan, Adam, and Grace are studying] 

  Joan : What should we do first?

  Grace : Ask your brother for the answers.

  Joan : To be humble you have to be proud.

  Adam : Wait, arent those opposites?

  Grace : Ah, ask him ask him.

  [Luke just walked in] 

  Joan : No, no lets just break it down ok. Is there a chemical formula for twigs?

  Adam : Uh

  [from the top of is head] 

  Adam : Cellulose is c6h12o6

  [Joan drops her pencil in shock] 

  Adam : Uh, I have an eidetic memory.

  Joan : Whats that?

  Luke : Photographic.

  Grace : [talking about Adam]  He can barely remember his name.

  Adam : Listen, I know a lot, I just cant put it all together.

  Joan : Ok, what about a chemical equation for fire?

  Grace : Wood doesnt actually burn.

  Joan : Thats insane.

  Grace : What burns is the gas released when the wood gets hot. Therefore the reaction would have to be gasification, through oxidation reduction, then combustion.

  Luke : It is so hot that you know that.

  Adam : [to Grace]  Dude, are you smart?

  Grace : Just because I refute the whole formal schooling equals knowledge crap doesnt mean Im stupid.

  Adam : Nice.

  Joan : Ok, so what about gas.

  [Joan looks at Adam] 

  Adam : Cha, like I know.

  Grace : And Rainman back to underpants.

• Grace Polk : I'll see you later. I'm going to go... run with scissors.

• Joan Girardi : Judith doesn't know that many people here. She was just acting out.

  Grace : Acting out is getting your nose pierced. Nearly dying in a pool of your own vomit goes a little deeper than that.

• Grace : Do you make a special effort not to speak in science metaphors?

• Joan : What are you wearing?

  Grace Polk : [sighing]  A dress.

  Joan : You're... wearing... a dress?

  Grace Polk : Oh, nice smirk.

  Joan : I wasn't smirking! I was... I... had to sneeze.

• Luke : Wow, the classic geek misdirect. Gee, I'd like to hang out with you, but let's pretend to study.

  Joan , Grace : We're not hanging out.