“- Dewey Finn: 8:15 to 10, rock history. 10 to 11, rock appreciation in theory. And then band practice till the end of the day.
- Frankie: What about math?
- Dewey Finn: No, not important.”
Jack Black - Dewey Finn
Angelo Massagli - Frankie

“- Vivian: You dropped out of high school?
- Eliot: It was an option. I wanted to join the workforce.
- Vivian: What do you do?
- Eliot: I sell pot.”
Natasha Lyonne - Vivian
Kevin Corrigan - Eliot

“- Mr. Evans: Before they built their church, even, they built that schoolhouse. And they let in every tailor's son... and every farmer's daughter in that country.
- Jack Bull Chiles: Spellin' won't help you hold a plow any firmer. Or a gun either.”
Zach Grenier - Mr. Evans
Skeet Ulrich - Jack Bull Chiles

“- Tom Baker: What do you do for a living Eliot?
- Eliot Murtaugh : Well... I'm in 8th grade.”
Steve Martin - Tom Baker
Taylor Lautner - Eliot Murtaugh

- Miner Weber: You still in high school?
- Kelly Ernswiler: Yeah, I am. But I also moonlight as a stock boy over at the Shop Ease. And PresidentDawn Cominsky says every employee's part owner, so I guess you could say I'm a captain of industry in training. Sort of, um, a "capitalist larvae".
Anson Mount - Miner Weber
Shia LaBeouf - Kelly Ernswiler