“Rock 'n' Roll High School” quotes

(1979)
Movie Rock 'n' Roll High School
Joe Dante directed this movie in 1979
Title Rock 'n' Roll High School
Year 1979
Directors Allan Arkush, Joe Dante
Genre Comedy, Music
All actors – P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Dick Miller, Don Steele, Alix Elias, Loren Lester, Daniel Davies, Lynn Farrell
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  • “- Miss Evelyn Togar: That, Mrs. Rambeau, is where your daughter is.
    - Mrs. Rambeau: My daughter, Kate? I thought she was in the basement splitting photons.”

    Mary Woronov - Miss Evelyn Togar
    [Tag:daughter, music]
  • “Notice the loss of hearing.”

    Mary Woronov - Miss Evelyn Togar
    [Tag:music]
  • “The only thing I'll ever lay is a rug!”
    Vincent Van Patten - Tom Roberts
  • “- Tom Roberts: Miss, you don't understand. See, this is an emergency.
    - Norma: Animal, vegetable, or mineral?
    - Tom Roberts: Sexual.”

    Vincent Van Patten - Tom Roberts
    Terry Soda - Norma
  • “Don't dance near the chemicals!”
    Michael Goodwin - Chemistry Teacher
    [Tag:dancing, danger]
  • “Tom Roberts is so boring his brother is an only child.”
    P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
    [Tag:boredom, brothers]
  • “- Miss Evelyn Togar: What do you have to say for yourself, young lady?
    - Riff Randell: I've seen the errors of my ways. I'd just like to say to all students everywhere that you may think the school is yours for a while, but it's always run by the principal and her administration.”

    Mary Woronov - Miss Evelyn Togar
    P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
  • “- Riff Randell: Come on, you guys, follow me into the school! Come on!
    - Mr. McGree: I regret that I have only one life to give for rock and roll!”

    P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
    Paul Bartel - Mr. McGree
    [Tag:life, music]
  • “- Kate Rambeau: Look at your math book; it looks brand new. Bet you've never even opened it.
    - Riff Randell: I only use it on special equations.”

    Dey Young - Kate Rambeau
    P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
  • “- Riff Randell: Kate, I'm getting some static.
    - Kate Rambeau: Not as much as you're going to get.”

    P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
    Dey Young - Kate Rambeau
  • “- Miss Evelyn Togar: I'm very happy to see that you've come to your senses. And what would you have done with the school, anyway?
    - Riff Randell: Rock the roof off it.”

    Mary Woronov - Miss Evelyn Togar
    P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
  • “This will never work. Tom will never like me; I don't know who I'm kidding. What possible reason could there be to put myself through all this? Sex! I must admit, as far as reasons go, it's must be one of the best.”
    Dey Young - Kate Rambeau
  • “You two are not doing your job. Look at me when I'm talking to you! You're supposed to be my eyes, my ears, my nose.”

    Mary Woronov - Miss Evelyn Togar
  • “- Kate Rambeau: She's my friend.
    - Miss Evelyn Togar: A friend that will lead you down the road to expulsion.
    - Riff Randell: I'm a teenage lobotomy.”

    Dey Young - Kate Rambeau
    Mary Woronov - Miss Evelyn Togar
    P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
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