“High school is not a democracy. Teachers don't wait.”

Jay Thomas - Coach Bill Meister

“My first grade teacher, Miss Nimvel, told Dede that I never paid attention. That I was probably retarded, and that I had a very limited future as a citizen of the United States. Then a week later, she said I should probably skip second grade, maybe even skip elementary school altogether.”
Adam Hann-Byrd - Fred Tate

“The high school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity, he threw the teacher out the window!”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon

“- Teacher: Oh, and Mr. Larkin, perhaps you'd like to share with the rest of the class, Patrick Henry's immortal last words?
- Link Larkin: Kiss my ass?”
Joe Parro - Teacher
Zac Efron - Link Larkin

“- Professor Brooks: I know what you're doing. I know about the car, the grades, and the promises and I want you to lay off. Todd Howard has a future at this school but it's not in the ring.
- Dean Dunn: Who do you think you're talking to? He'll do exactly as I say.
- Professor Brooks: You don't own him.”
Kim Darby - Professor Brooks
John Astin - Dean Dunn