- Philip Banks: You talk as if I wasn't there with you in Birmingham, facing dogs and firehoses. This is me, Olufemi, the same Olufemi that was with you the night Harlem went up in flames. But now I have a family, and I choose not to fight in the streets. I have an office to fight from, and I have fought and won cases for fair housing, affirmative action, health care and I am not ashamed to write a big fat check for something I believe in, and that doesn't make me any less committed than you! So, don't you dare look down your damn nose at me, Adebola!
- William 'Will' Smith: [at school, Will and Cornflake cuff themselves inside a class room] There is no point in trying to reason with the man when the man isn't reasoning with you!
- Kellogg 'Cornflake' Lieberbaum: Yes! Power to the people! Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud!
- William 'Will' Smith: All right, my man Cornflake got the spirit. He's a little confused, but he's got the spirit.
- Philip Banks: [to Marge] Remember Woodstock?
- Marge Smallwood: Yes.
- Philip Banks: 20 of us tried to squeeze into that tent. Vivian and I jumped into that lake naked.
- Vivian Banks: I wasn't at Woodstock.
- Agent Marcus Collins: [to Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv] We understand you've been in contact with Margaret Smallwood.
- Philip Banks: Oh? And how is it you that?
- Agent Marcus Collins: We tap every black person's phone in the United States of America.
- Agent Marcus Collins: [Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv stare] Just a little FBI humor.
- Will: My horoscope says that I'm gonna be a famous rapper with a TV show.
- Hilary Banks: Those things are stupid. What does mine say?
- Will: Yours says "Be prepared for a fall. Remember, accidents may happen."
- Hilary Banks: Those things are stupid.
- [walks away, screaming and crashing]