Temps1999

Stan:
You're a LAWYER, Jonah. You could have a hundred jobs - all of them excellent. What is it with your generation that they wander around aimlessly...

Tim:
But Dad, it's like we have all this pressure to achieve, because we've been told from birth we could be anything we want to be. But the thing is - wait, let me finish - it's paralyzing, because we THINK we can do anything, but really, we can only do one thing at a time, and then when we devote ourselves to it, it's just one thing; so we move from job to job, trying to find that thing which is the "anything" we want to be.

Stan:
Seems like you've all been spoiled, that's all.

May:
Stan...

Tim:
It's typical of you not to try to understand me.

Stan:
I may not understand some... things about you, but SOME things I DO understand. You think we didn't get bored? You think we didn't dream about other things? I had my sisters, and then you and your mother, to think about!

May:
Jonah, you have more choices and opportunities than most people in the world. How can you complain so much?

Tim:
I'm not complaining. I just want to make a mark.

Stan:
You think all of my students don't think I've made a mark? You think you're not my mark? I can't think of something I am more proud to leave behind me in the world. [Jonah looks at his father, who looks away and stands] Now I'm going to see about that pipe int he basement.