- Olivia Walton: [In response to Ben's plans of going to Rockfish with friends] Seems to me you've been spending an awful lot of time in Rockfish lately. It's a bad influence for a boy your age.
- Ben Walton: Well, what's wicked in Rockfish?
- The Grandfather: I've been trying to find the answer to that question for over 60 years.
- Mary Ellen Walton: Ike and Corabeth taking care of a baby. I just can't imagine it.
- The Grandfather: In six months time, any smart baby will be taking care of both of them.
- Olivia Walton: It's the best thing that could have happened to them.
- The Grandfather: Yeah, sure be rough on that baby though.
- John-Boy Walton: I think I got a quote for the masthead of the Chronicle. "To search for the truth", it's from Marcus Aurelius. "To search for the truth, by which the good man never yet was harmed". How do you like that?
- John Walton, Sr.: I like it. "Search for the truth". Of course, finding the truth, that's another matter.
- The Grandfather: Mm-hm.
- John-Boy Walton: Oh well, they can't shoot me for trying, can they?
- John Walton, Sr.: We'll see about that.
- Olivia Walton: [Directed at Mary Ellen and Erin's dates, who are sat nervously on the couch] Girls shouldn't be much longer.
- Elizabeth Walton: You know, I think it's nice Mary Ellen and Erin, double dating.
- John Walton, Sr.: It's right handy for you boys, you can do all your waiting in the one place.
- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] I believe that in our family all of us children were sparked to do our best, whatever we tried, for two reasons. There was the personal satisfaction we felt, of course, but, just as important, we knew that the whole family would take pride in the success of any one of us. But then a day came when I had to face the fact that a goal I had set for myself was threatening to disgrace and divide the family.
- The Grandfather: Simple truth. Anyone who thinks that the truth is simple has got another thing coming.