Boy Meets World (TV Series)

Wrong Side of the Tracks (1995)

Anthony Tyler Quinn: Jonathan Turner

Quotes 

• [talking about a biography project] 

  Cory Matthews : So it can be about anyone?

  Jonathan Turner : Anyone real.

  Cory Matthews : I pick Shawn!

  Shawn Hunter : I pick Cory!

  Topanga Lawrence-Matthews : You know you walked right into that.

  Jonathan Turner : I did, didn't I?

• Jonathan Turner : All right, you two. You wanna tell me what the problem is here?

  Cory Matthews : No problem.

  Shawn Hunter : Everything's great.

  Jonathan Turner : Who're you kidding? I mean, what's with you, Hunter? Why do you want to hang out with these low-lifes?

  Shawn Hunter : Hey, maybe I'm a low-life too, okay?

  Jonathan Turner : Is that what you think?

  Shawn Hunter : That's what everybody else thinks.

  Jonathan Turner : I want to know what YOU think!

  Shawn Hunter : Hey, I'm out here with a bat, aren't I?

  Jonathan Turner : [snatches the bat away]  Yeah... but you didn't swing it!

  Shawn Hunter : That's just 'cause Cory came along.

  Jonathan Turner : Oh, you think that was an accident? Huh? That you have a friend who thinks so much of you that he's willing to put his own neck on the line? No, I don't think low-lifes have friends like that, do you?

  Shawn Hunter : I don't know.

  Cory Matthews : They don't.

  Shawn Hunter : I don't know anything! I don't even know who I am!

  Cory Matthews : Well, Shawn, I know who you are! You're Shawn Hunter. You were raised by wolves. You're my friend. It says so in your biography. I mean, what else do you need to know?

  Shawn Hunter : I need to know what's going to happen to me and you can't tell me that!

  Jonathan Turner : Hey, Hunter, all Matthews can do is be your friend and so far he's been doing a real good job. All I can do is teach you whatever I can and HOPE that you leave my class a little better than when you came in.

  Shawn Hunter : You mean drag the trailer park trash up to decent society?

  Jonathan Turner : Hey, if you don't know that deep down inside you're all right, then I haven't taught you anything at all.

  Shawn Hunter : You think I'm alright?

  Jonathan Turner : I think YOU need to think you're alright.

  Shawn Hunter : YOU think I'm alright?

  Jonathan Turner : I think if you put your mind to it and get back inside that school, and never, NEVER go near this Harley or that Harley, yeah. I think you'll be alright.

  [though still unsure of himself, Shawn goes back inside] 

  Cory Matthews : Mr. Turner, do you really think he's gonna be okay?

  Jonathan Turner : [smiles]  Sure.

• Jonathan Turner : Hey! Where is your friend going?

  Cory Matthews : I wish I knew.

• Jonathan Turner : Okay, Topanga, you're writing your biography on who?

  Topanga Lawrence : Someone I really admire. Katie Couric.

  Cory Matthews : Oh, please. "I'm so perky! I have such a big smile!" She's a phony! At least pick someone real.

  Topanga Lawrence : Okay, Cory, who are you picking?

  Cory Matthews : Captain James T. Kirk of USS Enterprise.

• Jonathan Turner : [heads outside before Harley beats up Cory]  Hey, fellas! Hey, Keiner, thanks for looking out for my bike. You know, from my window up there, it looked like some clowns were about to destroy it.

  Harley Keiner : [playing dumb]  Well, we're just glad we got out here when he could. Come on, Joey. We got some appointments.

  Joseph 'Joey the Rat' Epstein : [as he and Harley walk away]  Hey, when he said rat-faced, was that like pejorative?

• Jonathan Turner : Hey, Keiner. You got a minute?

  Harley Keiner : Nah. Sorry, fresh out.

  Jonathan Turner : Find one.

  Harley Keiner : Oh! There's one now.

  Jonathan Turner : I notice Shawn Hunter's been hanging out with you and your boys.

  Harley Keiner : Sorry, Mr. Turner. We're full up. We'll be happy to put you on the waiting list though.

  Jonathan Turner : Look, Keiner, cut the kid a break, will ya?

  Harley Keiner : Yeah, I think I did by letting him hang out with me.

  Jonathan Turner : Yeah. What a guy you are.

  Harley Keiner : Well, you know.

  Jonathan Turner : But somehow I don't think that's what the kid needs right now.

  Harley Keiner : Oh, am I getting a speech?

  Jonathan Turner : You get more than that if Hunter's not back in my class.

  [He leaves] 

  Joseph 'Joey the Rat' Epstein : What's the matter? You just stood there and took that from a teacher?

  Frankie Stechino : How come you didn't say nothing?

  Harley Keiner : Because actions speak louder than words, gentlemen.