- Clair Huxtable: When I was in law school, I took a test about Erie Railroad versus Thompkins, all right? I was so sure of myself, I had the audacity to dispute a Supreme Court ruling. Well, I get my test paper back, and the professor's written on the top, "When you get to the Supreme Court, you can change the law, but for now, you're a law student with a C-minus.
- Justine Phillips: I've just been trying to impress upon him that a hard-working woman loves a hard-working man.
- Theo Huxtable: And I am listening.
- Cliff: I want you to marry him and I'll pay for the wedding.
- Cliff: That does not look like studying.
- Justine Phillips: No, I was just rewarding Theo for knowing his mythology.
- Cliff: Rewarding? That's the wonderful thing about being a human being. See, if you were a seal, you'd get a sardine.
- Theo Huxtable: I mean, who cares about Icarus? What has he done for me lately? But I sure can relate to Icarus, because Icarus's father didn't support him either. His father just let his wax wings melt in the ocean and let him drown.
- Vanessa Huxtable: And to think, Theo, all those years you were doing lousy in school and Dad called you lazy.
- Theo Huxtable: I know. He has been pretty rough on me.
- Vanessa Huxtable: You must feel very guilty, Dad.