How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Quote #4
WAYNE: Given that my machine can substantially reduce the size of bulky payloads and fuel supplies, the savings to the space program would be staggering.
These are a few great examples of the potential uses of Wayne's shrink ray. Think about how much easier it would be to ship life-saving medical supplies to people in need if you could make them a fraction of their size during transportation. Think about how many landfills polluting the planet could be shrunk down to the size of a penny in an instant.
Quote #5
[Both Nick and Ron are shrunk by Mr. Szalinski's machine after Ron hits the machine with a baseball.]
This might seem like a silly way to make an invention work, but scientific history is littered with accidents that end up creating something amazing. Take penicillin, for example: this life-saving substance wasn't discovered on purpose at all.
Quote #6
RON: What if time shrunk too? I mean, what if it's hours to us, but it's years to the rest of the world?
This sounds like the sort of half-baked philosophical conversations that are happening in every dorm room in America as we speak. Far out, man. Still, as Nick points out, this sort of navel-gazing isn't backed up by science in the least.