Family Ties (TV Series)

Paper Chase (1986)

Michael J. Fox: Alex P. Keaton

Quotes 

• Mallory Keaton : ...I'm in real trouble, Alex. I might not graduate.

  Alex P. Keaton : Why not?

  Mallory Keaton : For one thing, I'm flunking Mrs. Hillman's history class.

  Alex P. Keaton : Wow... Is it hopeless, Mal? I mean, are you flunking badly?

  Mallory Keaton : No, I'm flunking very well. In fact, on her last test, I may have pulled a "D".

  Alex P. Keaton : Mal, how could you let this happen?

  Mallory Keaton : I don't know. It's spring, and the weather's been great. I've had a hard time concentrating.

  Alex P. Keaton : Mallory, Thomas Jefferson didn't stop thinking when the sun came out. He wrote the Declaration of Independence in *July*, while all the other Founding Fathers were at the beach.

  Mallory Keaton : Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence...? There goes my "D".