How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Quote #1
AMY: I've got to hang around a while and keep an eye on Nick. He likes to take things apart.
Nick is a total chip off the old block. For instance, the movie opens with him creating a tiny scale replica of his dad's patented shrink ray machine, which both shows how much he admires his dad as well as how smart he is.
Quote #2
NICK: You know, Dad, I was calculating—if you took all the all molecules in this house…
WAYNE: Listen, Nick, I've got to get this working before I leave. Why don't you go help your sister?
Despite the fact that Nick takes after his dad's prodigious intelligence and fascination with science, Wayne Szalinski doesn't pay much attention to his son's attempts to connect. What's up with that? Our best guess is that he's too focused on his own scientific experimentation to pay attention to the human side of the equation. Talk about missing out on a key variable.
Quote #3
WAYNE: If this thing works, this'll put us up there with the invention of electricity, the first man in space.
It might sound a little ambitious, but Wayne's shrink ray truly has the potential to change the world. This also goes a long way towards explaining his laser focus on this pet project, which comes at the expense of his relationship to his wife and children.