The Pursuit of Happyness

"This part of my life is called 'running'."

Chris Gardner: "I've been sitting out here for the last half-hour trying to come up with a story that would explain my being here dressed like this. And I wanted to come up with a story that would demonstrate qualities that I'm sure you all admire here like earnestness, diligence, team-playing. And I couldn't think of anything. So the truth is, I was arrested for failure to pay parking tickets."
Jay Twistle: "Parking tickets?"
Chris Gardner: "I ran all the way here from the police station."
Martin Frohm: "What were you doing before you were arrested?"
Chris Gardner: "I was, uh, painting my apartment."

"This part of my life is called 'internship'."

Christopher Gardner: "There's no salary?"
Jay Twistle: "No."
Christopher Gardner: "I was not aware of that. My circumstances have changed some."

"Christopher is staying with me."

Chris Gardner: "You gotta trust me, all right?"
Christopher: "I trust you."
Chris Gardner: "'Cause I'm getting a better job."

"The important thing about that freedom train, is it's got to climb mountains. We ALL have to climb mountains, you know. Mountains that go way up high, and mountains that go deep and low. Yes, we know what those mountains are here at Glide. We sing about them."

Christopher: "What are you doing?"
Chris Gardner: "Paying a parking ticket."
Christopher: "...But we don't have a car anymore."
Chris Gardner: "Yeah, I know..."