The Cosby Show quotes

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Rudy: Hi Denise!
Denise: Hi.
Rudy: Whatcha doing?
Denise: Waiting to talk to dad.
Rudy: What are you gonna talk about?
Denise: Just things.
Rudy: What things?
Denise: They're private.
Rudy: Tell me.
Denise: No.
Rudy: [demanding] Tell me.
Denise: It's none of your business.
Rudy: I know what you're gonna talk about.
Denise: Well really, what?
Rudy: I'm not telling.

Rudy: Hi Denise!
Denise: Hi.
Rudy: Whatcha doing?
Denise: Waiting to talk to dad.
Rudy: What are you gonna talk about?
Denise: Just things.
Rudy: What things?
Denise: They're private.
Rudy: Tell me.
Denise: No.
Rudy: [demanding] Tell me.
Denise: It's none of your business.
Rudy: I know what you're gonna talk about.
Denise: Well really, what?
Rudy: I'm not telling.

Rudy: Mom?
Clair: Yes honey.
Rudy: This is the dress I'm wearing to Kelly's party, okay? Okay bye.
Clair: Just a minute, Rudy.
Rudy: Yes, mom.
Clair: Come here, please.
Rudy: What for?
Clair: Come here. You know, just last month. We put that dress and all your summer clothes in a trunk and I told you it's getting too cold for you to wear them.
Rudy: Yesterday it was hot.
Clair: But I know but yesterday was an unusual day today it's 52 degrees.
Rudy: It's probably going to get hot when the party starts.
Clair: I don't think so, Rudy. The weatherman says it's gonna get colder so why don't you take that dress and put it back in the trunk.
Rudy: But this is my favorite dress. Can I wear it to the party please?
Clair: Mmm, I want you to dress warm.
Rudy: I am warm.
Clair: Well you're in the house. But Rudy if you go outside dressed like that you gonna catch cold.
Rudy: I don't care, as long as I can wear my dress.
Clair: I'm sorry, the answer's no.
Rudy: But I want to wear it.
Clair: Well I'm sorry sweetie, you're not wearing it.
Rudy: Yes I am.

Rudy: Mom?
Clair: Yes honey.
Rudy: This is the dress I'm wearing to Kelly's party, okay? Okay bye.
Clair: Just a minute, Rudy.
Rudy: Yes, mom.
Clair: Come here, please.
Rudy: What for?
Clair: Come here. You know, just last month. We put that dress and all your summer clothes in a trunk and I told you it's getting too cold for you to wear them.
Rudy: Yesterday it was hot.
Clair: But I know but yesterday was an unusual day today it's 52 degrees.
Rudy: It's probably going to get hot when the party starts.
Clair: I don't think so, Rudy. The weatherman says it's gonna get colder so why don't you take that dress and put it back in the trunk.
Rudy: But this is my favorite dress. Can I wear it to the party please?
Clair: Mmm, I want you to dress warm.
Rudy: I am warm.
Clair: Well you're in the house. But Rudy if you go outside dressed like that you gonna catch cold.
Rudy: I don't care, as long as I can wear my dress.
Clair: I'm sorry, the answer's no.
Rudy: But I want to wear it.
Clair: Well I'm sorry sweetie, you're not wearing it.
Rudy: Yes I am.

Rudy: Sondra, promise you won't get mad.
Sondra: What did you do?
Rudy: I spilled nail polish.
Sondra: Okay. We'll go clean it up.
Rudy: In your suitcase.

Rudy: Sondra, promise you won't get mad.
Sondra: What did you do?
Rudy: I spilled nail polish.
Sondra: Okay. We'll go clean it up.
Rudy: In your suitcase.

Russell: I've been to Europe and I didn't care for it.
Cliff: Yeah, but it was 1943 and you were running alongside of a tank.

Russell: I've been to Europe and I didn't care for it.
Cliff: Yeah, but it was 1943 and you were running alongside of a tank.

Sondra: Every time he goes out with the guys, he expects me to sit and wait for him, his plans are always more important than mine!
Cliff: Why do you keep going back to this boy?
Sondra: Dad, because he's wonderful! He's intelligent, he has a good sense of humor, and we have a great time together.
Cliff: When? [Claire smacks him]
Sondra: When we're not fighting.
Claire: Well when is that? [Cliff smacks Claire]

Sondra: Every time he goes out with the guys, he expects me to sit and wait for him, his plans are always more important than mine!
Cliff: Why do you keep going back to this boy?
Sondra: Dad, because he's wonderful! He's intelligent, he has a good sense of humor, and we have a great time together.
Cliff: When? [Claire smacks him]
Sondra: When we're not fighting.
Claire: Well when is that? [Cliff smacks Claire]

Sondra: We thought it would be nice if we cooked the meal for Grandma and Grandpa's anniversary.
Theo: And I'm sure you girls will do a great job.
Sondra: Theo, I mean all of us.
Theo: I don't cook.
Clair: Maybe you should learn.
Theo: Why?
Clair: Theo, you're going to leave this house one day and you're going to want to eat.
Theo: I'll have my girlfriend cook!
Clair: Now where are you getting this attitude from?
Theo: Cockroach.
Clair, Vanessa, and Sondra: Ohhh Cockroach.
Theo: You see, we decided, we're only going to date girls who cook.
Sondra: Theo, the women of today have better things to do than to stay in the kitchen.
Theo: That's because the women of today haven't met the man of tomorrow.

Sondra: We thought it would be nice if we cooked the meal for Grandma and Grandpa's anniversary.
Theo: And I'm sure you girls will do a great job.
Sondra: Theo, I mean all of us.
Theo: I don't cook.
Clair: Maybe you should learn.
Theo: Why?
Clair: Theo, you're going to leave this house one day and you're going to want to eat.
Theo: I'll have my girlfriend cook!
Clair: Now where are you getting this attitude from?
Theo: Cockroach.
Clair, Vanessa, and Sondra: Ohhh Cockroach.
Theo: You see, we decided, we're only going to date girls who cook.
Sondra: Theo, the women of today have better things to do than to stay in the kitchen.
Theo: That's because the women of today haven't met the man of tomorrow.

Stevie Wonder: Vanessa, that's a pretty name.
Vanessa: Thank you, Sir.
Stevie Wonder: You're welcome, Madam.

Stevie Wonder: Vanessa, that's a pretty name.
Vanessa: Thank you, Sir.
Stevie Wonder: You're welcome, Madam.

Theo: [cleaning the kitchen] Dad is it okay if I take a break now?
Cliff: Yeah, uh you've been working five minutes straight now.