“- Nancy Hayes: I dropped out of high school, took a trip to Hollywood and hostessed at a strip club.
- Jack Ryan: Everybody hostesses, nobody strips.”
Sara Foster - Nancy Hayes
Owen Wilson - Jack Ryan

“Now what you boys want to do is you want to graduate from high school, get decent jobs. Take a shot at white-collar crime, that's where the real money is!”

James Woods - John Moss

“- Nora: I found a rehearsal partner. So now I won't miss a beat when Andrew gets back.
- Nora's Mom: Your applications arrived from Cornell and Brown. I put them on your bed.
Remember our deal, Nora. If you don't get a job from the showcase you go to school in the fall.”
Jenna Dewan Tatum - Nora Clark
Deirdre Lovejoy - Nora's Mom

“Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.”
Carl Weathers - Apollo

“When I graduated first grade, all my dad did was tell me to get a job.”
Norm MacDonald - Frank