“Nobody ever listens to a teenager. Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you're young. They don't see the wars that we fight every single day. And one day, my war will end. And I won't die. And I will not tolerate abuse from anyone. I am strong.”
Vanetta Smith - Brandy Ross

“- Action: Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease.
- Riff: Hey! I got a social disease!”

Tony Mordente - Action
Russ Tamblyn - Riff

“Value this time in your life kids, because this is the time in your life when you still have your choices, and it goes by so quickly. When you're a teenager you think you can do anything, and you do.”
Billy Crystal - Mitch Robbins

“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - The Writer

“Teenagers mess up. You know man, that's what they do best.”
Charles S. Dutton - George