Framed! Quotes

“Once you're certain about something, you no longer question it. And if you don't question what you think you know, then you'll only ever see the big things and TOAST is worthless to you."
"Let me get this straight," she replied. "You're saying that big things, like everybody believing something, block the important details from view.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“I could
just imagine the funeral, with my FBI instructor saying, “I told him not
to antagonize his captor.” And Margaret shaking her head and
responding, “And I told him not to go behind the Safeway.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“If you trust me with a secret, that means you trust my judgment with regard to the information. Not that you get to dictate that judgment for me. (Agent Marcus Rivers)”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“Nerds really do make the world go round.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“I’m incomplete. Like a book with the first chapter torn out.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“Don’t feel bad. He does that to everyone. You just got TOASTed.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“THERE ARE SOME THINGS, LIKE breathing and walking, that you do
automatically. And since you don’t really think about them, they’re hard
to teach. For example, how would you teach somebody to breathe?
Would you make up a list of step-by-step instructions?
1. Suck air through nose
2. Blow air back through nose
3. Repeat twenty thousand times every day”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“a chain is only as strong as its weakest link”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“TOAST’ stands for the Theory of All Small
Things.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“only painted for about ten years but still created more than two thousand works of art.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“How did you know that?” she demanded. “Did you just TOAST me
again?”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“Okay,” Rivers replied. “Maybe I wasn't supposed to say anything about that. Just act surprised when they tell you.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“When I landed on the mat, the image that ran through my head was that of my mother slamming dough against the counter when she makes homemade pizza.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“Mr. Campbell and I did so many high fives the palm of my hand turned red.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“And where did you learn this theory? Philosophy class? Spy school?”
― James Ponti, Framed!