The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series)

Sleepless in Bel-Air (1994)

James Avery: Philip Banks

Quotes 

• Philip Banks : This will take care of that cricket.

  Geoffrey : Sir, that's air freshner.

  Philip Banks : Well, it's all we have. It might work.

  Geoffrey : Yes, perhaps the scent of sea breeze will recall some painful memories for him and then he'll commit suicide.

• Vivian Banks : You can't stop little girls from growing up.

  Philip Banks : I can and I will.

• Phillip Banks : You're grounded for 10 years.

  Ashley Banks : What? But that's not fair.

  Phillip Banks : Tell it to the judge... Oh yeah. That's me.

  Ashley Banks : It's still not fair. The Menendez brothers are going to be free before I am.

  Philip Banks : That's because the Menendez Brothers got home on time.

• Philip Banks : Where'd you last put the insecticide?

  Geoffrey : In your soup.

• Philip Banks : I got it! I finally killed that sucker!

  Geoffrey : Oh, what a horrible death!

• Philip Banks : That bug isn't going to get the best of me. Now I know how Captain Ahab felt when he was chasing Moby Dick.

  Geoffrey : Between the two of you, the cricket is the whale?

• William 'Will' Smith : Hey, man, where you goin'?

  Philip Banks : I'm gonna go ask Ashley if she knows where Randy went.

  William 'Will' Smith : Oh, man, you not gonna just go up there and wake her up, are you? I mean, she could already have morning breath.

  Philip Banks : [Will is holding his hand]  Will, please.

  [Will puts his hand down] 

  Philip Banks : Randy's father has a very serious problem. If Ashley did something like that, I'd throttle her.

  [Phil starts walking up the stairs] 

  William 'Will' Smith : Now, throttling isn't anything like killing, is it?

  Hilary : [reading from a dictionary]  Not exactly, the second definition of throttle is to strangle, choke. Killing is the result of throttling.

  Carlton Banks : Either way, I think we're about to see a demonstration.