“- Carole Genest: You think if you went to college things would have turned out different with her?
- Jesse Stone: Probably not, but I would have gotten an education.
- Carole Genest: From her or from school?
- Jesse Stone: Both.”

Liisa Repo-Martell - Carole Genest
Tom Selleck - Jesse Stone

“I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. Bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen.”
Danny DeVito - Mr. Wormwood

“Obtuse? Oh, what a dreadfully big word for a college dropout.”
Nancy Travis - Prof. Joyce Reardon

“- Loretta: She's the prettiest, ya know. Best damn tapper. The most smartest.
- Annette Atkins: Most smartest? Oh, that's great, you're real educated. Most smartest! Get a picture of that, most smartest!
- Loretta: Most smartest.”
Allison Janney - Loretta
Ellen Barkin - Annette Atkins

“- Sammy: How was school today?
- Rudy: Stupid.”
Laura Linney - Sammy
Rory Culkin - Rudy