Denise Huxtable quotes from The Cosby Show

Denise

[enters] Hi dad.

Cliff

[rough voice] Oh, hi.

Clair

I'm just having a talk with your father.

Cliff

No no, see this woman is just trying to strangle me.

Denise

Well what did you do?

Cliff

I made a mistake, and I proposed to this wo- [Claire tightens her grip]

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.

Vanessa

I thought it over and I've decided I'm not taking off this sweater until you apologize for poking me in the shoulder.

Denise

I'm not apologizing.

Vanessa

Okay. [pokes Denise in the shoulder] We're even.

Denise

Hey, wait a minute. You're not even, you're still wearing my sweater.

Vanessa

Knock it off, Denise!

Denise

I don't have to.

Vanessa

You're just mad because this sweater looks better on me.

Denise

Yeah, right.

Vanessa

Don't shove me!

Denise

I can shove you any time I want to!

Vanessa

Is that right?!

Denise

Yeah, that's right!

Vanessa

Get off! Let go of me, Denise!

Denise

Let me-- LET GO-- LET GO OF MY HAIR VANESSA!!! LET GO! [Rudy is outside hearing the fight and Cliff and Clair rushes over]

Cliff

What's goin' on in there?

Rudy

Fight, fight!

Cliff

All right, now-- stop stop the two of you stop! Stop it! [Cliff falls over]

Rudy

[screaming] STOP IT!!!!!!!

Clair

All right, that's enough that's enough now stop, Denise and Vanessa, I said you better stop! Cliff, are you alright?

Cliff

They took me out.

Clair

Rudy, wait in my room please

Rudy

Do I have to?

Clair

Yes you do.

Rudy

Now.

Clair

Yes now.

Rudy

Oh boy.

Clair

I wanna know what's goin' on in here? [Denise and Vanessa talk at the same time] Wait a minute, wait a minute. Denise you go first.

Vanessa

Why does she get to go first?!

Clair

Because I said so!

Denise

She went into my closet and took the sweater: the one I said she couldn't have [Denise hits Vanessa and they keep fighting]

Clair

GIRLS, I SAID "STOP"!!! Stop it. Vanessa is this true?

Vanessa

Well---

Cliff

[Interrupting her] No, no, no, before you start to say "No" let me remind you that you are wearing the evidence?

Vanessa

Oh yeah. Well, mom she shoved me!

Denise

I shoved her because she took my sweater!

Clair

We have rules in this house: one of them is "We don't take things that don't belong to us" and the other one is "We don't try to kill each other", Denise, you may not drive your car for 2 days.

Denise

But mom!

Clair

Don't "But mom" me! Vanessa, you can't talk on the telephone for the next 2 days. Now give your sister her sweater back.

Cliff

And you will wear the same clothes for 2 days in a row!

Vanessa

Aw, come on, dad!

Clair

Come on, Vanessa, give your sister her sweater back. [Vanessa throws Denise's sweater at her]

Denise

Stop!

Clair

Give it back nicely.

Vanessa

I'm sorry, Denise.

Denise

Now I have to get it clean!

Clair

Okay, the money for the cleaning comes out of your allowance.

Vanessa

Yes, mom.

Clair

Vanessa, what has gotten into you? I have never, ever seen you act like this.

Vanessa

Mom, come on, Denise and I have fought over clothes before.

Cliff

Yeah, but not to the death!

Denise

Well, it's saying something to me right now.

Clair

What?

Denise

It's saying, "Bring me a tea bag."

Denise

Well, it's saying something to me right now.

Clair

What?

Denise

It's saying, "Bring me a tea bag."

Denise

[as Ms. Firestone] Do you have any experience?

Theo

No, but I look good!

Denise

[as Ms. Firestone] Do you have any experience?

Theo

No, but I look good!

Denise

I don't know, Grandpa. Hillman is so far away from home.

Russell

I know, but after you've been there awhile, it IS home.

Denise

I don't know, Grandpa. Hillman is so far away from home.

Russell

I know, but after you've been there awhile, it IS home.

Theo

I don't get it. If you weren't going back to school, why did you pack all your bags?

Denise

'Cause as soon as I tell Mom and Dad what I'm doing, Dad's going to throw me out of the house.

Vanessa

Good. That means I'll get my room back.

Rudy

So will I.

Denise

You guys! I'm about to face a really difficult situation and all you can think about is yourselves?

Vanessa

Hey, who else are we supposed to think about?

Rudy

Yeah! [they leave the room]

Denise

I've decided to discontinue my college education.

Clair

Come again, young lady?

Denise

I'm not going back to Hillman.

Cliff

Wanna bet?

Denise

(to Sondra) I'm not putting down your apartment. It's wonderful! It's got character, it's charming, But c'mon, you can't act like children for the rest of your lives. It's time for you to grow up.

Sondra

Oh, who are you telling to grow up? You dropped out of school and then when Mom and Dad wanted you to go back, you wouldn't even listen to them.

Denise

Sondra, that is because in my case Mom and Dad didn't make any sense, okay? They know what they're talking about. Come on! You guys are having a baby! A little bambino, another life. Would you actually consider raising a kid in...this...place?!?

Elvin

Look, Denise, as long as we love this child, it doesn't matter where we raise it.

Denise

Please, as soon as this kid can talk, it's gonna say, "Call me a taxi, I'm outta here!"

Denise

What did they say?

Rudy

I had my ear right to the door and all I heard was "Denise," "Quitter" and "Dropout".

Denise

That's all you heard?

Rudy

No, but then I heard Daddy say (deepens voice) "Rudy, get away from the door!"

Denise

That's it, I'm not going! The chance of a lifetime. It'll never happen to me again!

Cliff

Hello! First of all, I want you to understand that I didn't appreciate you sending a spy. And on top of that you sent a lousy spy.

Martin

You were gonna let me go in here and meet two people who don't even know I exist, and then say, "By the way, I'm married to this guy"?

Denise

Yeah, something like that.

Clair

Well, first of all, we want to tell that we are really proud of you for sticking it out in the rainforest of Africa. That must have been quite an experience and I'm sure that you have grown a lot from that. And you're probably thinking about what you're gonna do next with your life.

Denise

You know, as a matter of fact, I wanna talk to you guys about that.

Cliff

Yes! And I talked to the president of Hillman and she said you can come back anytime you want.

Denise

Mom, Dad, I'd like to...talk to you about the guy who's watching my luggage.

Cliff

(chuckles) Come on. No, no, no. We're talking about...

Denise

No, Dad.

Cliff

Yes?

Denise

He's wonderful.

Cliff

Good, good.

Denise

His name is Martin.

Cliff

Fine.

Denise

And, um...Dad, he graduated from Annapolis. And, uh...ahem. He's a lieutenant in the navy.

Cliff

Ah, boy. Navy man. Can't go wrong with that.

Clair

You have to bring him by the house sometime.

Denise

Yeah, yeah! I'd love to! Soon, I hope.

Cliff

Sure, okay, yeah.

Clair

Wow! You two sound serious!

Denise

Yeah, we are.

Cliff

Yeah.

Denise

Um...We got married.

Cliff

So, I'm talking about what we're going to do is...Now, even if you don't want to go to college...

Clair

(while Cliff is still talking) Cliff, stop! Stop, Cliff! Stop, stop, stop!

Cliff

I'm talking to her about going to college...

Clair

This child has just said that she is married!

Cliff

Who said that?