- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Whoever sees his father clearly? I believe I often saw my father, not as he was, but as I needed him to be. Then, one difficult autumn, I had a chance to glimpse the whole man and to understand him more fully.
- John-Boy Walton: I don't wanna make you angry, but this here is the Waltons' spot and I was here first, and I'm staying here.
- Bill Cobbs: Stand back, Walton, you're just in the way.
- John-Boy Walton: I aim to stay in the way, mister, 'cause this is the Walton spot, this is a Walton man and I'm gonna be right here.
- Bill Cobbs: You want me to sit on you?