A Different World (TV Series)

The Cat's in the Cradle (1992)

Darryl M. Bell: Ron Johnson

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Quotes 

• J.C. : [after Ron finishes telling his side of the story]  You wouldn't happen to have a polygraph, would you?

  Ron Johnson : [imitating a parrot]  Oh, cracker wanna polygraph?

• Ron Johnson : Hey, man, I don't want your apology! I want their arms broke, or something! I want them punished, man! And I want my car fixed, now!

  Campus Security : You don't see your part in all this, do you?

  Ron Johnson : [incredulous]  I'm the victim!

  Campus Security : More brothers on the team?

  Ron Johnson : Well, that's just the truth.

  Campus Security : Oh, so you're comfortable with the stereotype that all Black people can do is run.

  Dwayne Wayne : Hey, hey, look, we don't expect a fair shake from you, Officer.

  Campus Security : That's right. I'm a White man.

  Dwayne Wayne : That's right!

  Campus Security : I could be a card-carrying member of the Klan

  Dwayne Wayne : Never know!

  Campus Security : Or I could have marched with Dr. King. You *don't* know. Maybe you should look at me as an individual and not as a color.

• Campus Security : See you next Saturday!

  Ron Johnson : What? For what?

  Campus Security : For more. Oh, for much more, so that things can change.

  Eddie : Hey, I'm not spending my Saturdays singing We Are The World.

  Campus Security : Oh, you think you have a choice? Unless maybe your hard-working family would like to hear you've been kicked outta school. Oh, and, uh, bring a snack. I like donuts.

• Dwayne Wayne : Hey, Ron, you think Whitley and this guy really got busy, or she just said that?

  Ron Johnson : Why would she lie? She's not a guy.

• Ron Johnson : Let's see what the scalper is offering.

  Ticket Scalper : Please, don't refer to it as scalping. I'm Native American.

• Ron Johnson : So, I guess you grew up on a reservation.

  Ticket Scalper : And I guess you grew up in the projects.

• Ron Johnson : [in the A&M boys' version of the story]  Maybe you white boys oughta have a few more brothers on your team.

  J.C. : Are you implying that whites can't play as well as blacks?

  Ron Johnson : I'm sayin' check out the score, it's there for you in *black* and white.

  Eddie : So, what, blacks are superior?

  Ron Johnson : Oh no, only in football, basketball, and track. And you know what yo woman says? Once you go black you never go back.

• Campus Security : Why did you do it, son?

  Eddie : He was in my face!

  Campus Security : Oh, now there's a reason!

  Eddie : No, it's because of how they are!

  Campus Security : How are they?

  Eddie : You know!

  Campus Security : No, I don't. Tell me.

  Eddie : They have no respect. They don't care about this country at all. All they do is sit on their butt and complain!

  J.C. : And what do they have to complain about? It's because of them and their quotas I'm not in the Ivy league where I belong!

  Ron Johnson : You all had quotas for centuries! You call them legacies, restricted country clubs, the Law!