Boy Meets World (TV Series)

Life Lessons (1996)

Ben Savage: Cory Matthews

Quotes 

• Cory Matthews : Okay Mr. Turner. Now we go to school all year and I'll be honest we don't like it. Now it's the end of the year and we gotta take all these finals about stuff we already learned and naturally have forgotten about. I mean why does Feeny like torturing us?

  Jonathan Turner : You got a point Matthews?

  Cory Matthews : Well yeah. We're very upset.

  Students : Yeah.

  Jonathan Turner : So it's a tough schedule. That's what school's all about.

  Cory Matthews : Yeah but not this tough. I mean people are starting to crack.

  Topanga Lawrence : [walking by carrying a textbook]  Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Flourine...

  Cory Matthews : She's not even in chemistry.

• Topanga Lawrence : So tell me about "The Great Gatsby."

  Cory Matthews : The best hockey player of all time. Next!

• Denny : Man, I wish I could've seen his face when he saw his house.

  Cory Matthews : I did.

  Jake : So, Matthews, d'you kiss up? What'd you tell him?

  Shawn Hunter : [breaks in]  Woah, woah, woah, easy. Easy. Look, Cory's cool, okay? He wouldn't have squealed.

  Cory Matthews : [laughs sarcastically]  Does that make me cool, Shawn? Is that what makes you so cool?

  Shawn Hunter : Woah, woah, woah, Cory. Cory! Why are you mad? Okay, you're the one who said we should stand up to Feeny.

  Cory Matthews : Yeah, but, Shawn, I didn't say: "Vandalize his home!"

  Shawn Hunter : Hey, I wasn't there, okay? I didn't do anything.

  Cory Matthews : Yeah, but you knew about it!

  Shawn Hunter : Yeah, but what was I supposed to do? Stand up and say: "Stay away from Feeny's house!"?

  Cory Matthews : Yeah, but you didn't stop them, Shawn. And I think that makes you responsible.

  Shawn Hunter : Me? You're the one that started the whole thing!

  Cory Matthews : Then I think that makes me responsible too.

• Cory Matthews : What kind of sick, twisted evil mind would think of an exam schedule like this?

  George Feeny : Hi Gang.

• Cory Matthews : Mr. Feeny, about this final schedule, there's gotta be a mistake or a joke.

  Shawn Hunter : And let's face it, you're not really funny.

• Jake : So, Matthews, what's the new schedule look like?

  Cory Matthews : Well, to many of you, it will look much like the old schedule...

• Cory Matthews : So? So? Schedule changed?

  Jonathan Turner : He's ready to listen to one of you, so point a leader.

  [nobody moves, until...] 

  Cory Matthews : Look, a quarter!

  [picks up a coin from the ground, while all the other students step back] 

  Students : [applauds]  Yeah!

  Shawn Hunter : All right, Cory, you're our leader!

  Cory Matthews : Well, you guys have to be the cheapest gang I've ever seen.