Clair Huxtable quotes from The Cosby Show

We are very fortunate to have the children, Cliff. Otherwise we would never know the joy of leaving them at home.

We are very fortunate to have the children, Cliff. Otherwise we would never know the joy of leaving them at home.

Clair

Appliances can be hard to resist sometimes. They're shiny, they make weird noises, they have those buttons that light up. That's why your father likes them!

Clair

Appliances can be hard to resist sometimes. They're shiny, they make weird noises, they have those buttons that light up. That's why your father likes them!

Clair

Denise, deep down, you know you can pretty much do anything you want because you know we're always there to bail you out. You see, we're your safety net. We're so good at it, half the time you don't even know we're doing it. And, your father and I accept that responsibility because we're your parents. And, you'd better not ever forget that, young lady. Because if you EVER take THIS attitude with us again, you can take whatever is in that bank account of yours and go DISCOVER America!

Clair

Denise, deep down, you know you can pretty much do anything you want because you know we're always there to bail you out. You see, we're your safety net. We're so good at it, half the time you don't even know we're doing it. And, your father and I accept that responsibility because we're your parents. And, you'd better not ever forget that, young lady. Because if you EVER take THIS attitude with us again, you can take whatever is in that bank account of yours and go DISCOVER America!

Clair

I don't know what to say, but I know what to play.

Clair

I don't know what to say, but I know what to play.

Clair

Especially if you're a father like Cliff. See, he's always seen himself as the protector of his daughters.

Clair

[to Emma] Now whatever the diet and whatever the exercise, you just bring it on because I am here to work! And I am going to be so good when I'm finished, I'm going to make my own video: The Clair Huxtable Workout. And I'm not going to give you a copy. You're going to have to buy your own!

Clair

Getting up at 4:30 in the morning to prove myself to a group of men basking in the nonexistent ray of their own intelligence is not my idea of fun.

Clair

(about Denise) The child is in a room across the hall with a man and a baby and she's a baby herself. Denise doesn't know what she's doing, Cliff. Did you see her at the table? Did you see her cut that broccoli for Olivia? Those pieces were way too big. And when she wasn't looking, I cut that broccoli myself.

Clair

(to Theo) You tied sponges to your butts?

Clair

[Singing the blues] What am I to do? Surrounded by all these men. My sailor man is at sea. Now what was his name again?

Clair

[to herself about Denise] Maybe when we were making the decision to have that child, somebody should have poured some cold water on Cliff!