“If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?”

“Are you going to be all right now? No more tears? I don't know how to handle crying girls. Every time my five-year-old sister turns on the waterworks, I end up buying her a Barbie. You don't need a new Barbie, do you?”

“Nudge: "I look like prep school Barbie. (looks at Max) Actually, you look like prep school Barbie. I'm just Barbie's friend.”

“You can buy a Talking Barbie anywhere, but you can't even special order Listening Ken.”

“Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me...”

“They buy things in ready-made stores. But since there are no stores where you can buy friends, people no longer have friends.”