There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown (1973 TV Short)

Stephen Shea: Linus

Quotes 

• Linus : Problem number 5: "A man has a daughter and a son. The son is 3 years older than the daughter. In 1 year, the man will be 6 times as old as the daughter is now; and in 10 years, he'll be 14 years older than the combined ages of his children. What is the man's present age?"

  Lucy : I'm sorry. We are unable to complete your call. Please check the number and dial again.

• Linus : The new math is too much for me!

  Lucy : You'll get on to it. It just takes time.

  Linus : Not me. I'll never get on to it! How can you do new math problems with an old math mind?

• Linus : What's wrong, Charlie Brown?

  Charlie Brown : I just got terrible news. The teacher says we're going on a field trip to an art museum; and I have to get an A on my report or I'll fail the whole course. Why do we have to have all this pressure about grades, Linus?

  Linus : Well, I think that the purpose of going to school is to get good grades so then you can go on to high school; and the purpose is to study hard so you can get good grades so you can go to college; and the purpose of going to college is so you can get good grades so you can go on to graduate school; and the purpose of that is to work hard and get good grades so we can get a job and be successful so that we can get married and have kids so we can send them to grammar school to get good grades so they can go to high school to get good grades so they can go to college and work hard...

  Charlie Brown : Good grief!

• Linus : You look kind of depressed, Charlie Brown.

  Charlie Brown : I worry about school a lot. I also worry about my worrying so much about school. My anxieties have anxieties.

• Linus : This "new math" is too much for me!

  Lucy : You'll get on to it. It just takes time.

  Linus : Not me. I'll never get used to it! How can you do "new math" problems with an "old math" mind?