- Richie Cunningham: Fonzie, didn't you ever regret dropping out?
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: Nah. Too many rules.
- Richie Cunningham: I guess it doesn't really matter. I mean, you're doing pretty well as a mechanic. You're kind of the, uh, the Mickey Mantle of the grease pit.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: I'm the best.
- Richie Cunningham: I bet it's a lot of fun living in the adult world.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: Almost everybody's married. They all go home right after work. All except ol' Roscoe, the lube man.
- Richie Cunningham: He's your friend.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: He's 70 years old!
- Richie Cunningham: Oh. I guess that's too adult.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: We go out for a couple of beers after work.
- Richie Cunningham: Oh, that's nice.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: All he talks about is his lumbago.
- Richie Cunningham: You make school sound fun.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: Oh, school's got good points. I mean, uh, smokin' in the bathroom, cuttin' classes, showin' my tattoo to the chicks.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: Oh, hey, these are great mashed potatoes, Mrs. Cunningham.
- Marion Cunningham: Well, thank you.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: I mean, good and stiff, just like they make at the diner.
- Joanie Cunningham: Do you have a zip gun in your pocket?
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: No, just a crescent wrench.
- [takes out the wrench]
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: What's the matter? You never saw a crescent wrench before?
- Howard Cunningham: Well, not at the dinn... Not one as nice as that one.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: What I'm tryin' to say is... thanks for tryin'.
- Richie Cunningham: But I thought you wanted to be a cop.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: Yeah, but I'm the Mickey Mantle of the grease pits, right? You said it yourself.
- Richie Cunningham: Yeah. You're the best.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: I figure that hot rods and draggin' are gonna be around a long time, you know? Like the ducktail and Buddy Holly.
- Richie Cunningham: I guess so. I still kind of wish you were staying in school, though.
- Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli: Hey, if I'm gonna drop out, now's the best time. They don't think I dropped out 'cause I'm dumb. They think I dropped out 'cause I'm cool.