“Teachers” quotes

“- Diane: Listen, can I bum a cigarette?
- Alex Jurel: Diane, look, I don't think...
- Diane: Mr. Jurel, I just had an abortion. I think I'm old enough to smoke.”

Laura Dern - Diane
Nick Nolte - Alex Jurel

“- Alex Jurel: There's nothing worse than a female lawyer with a cause.
- Lisa Hammond: Except a male teacher without one.”
Nick Nolte - Alex Jurel
JoBeth Williams - Lisa Hammond

“- Roger Revel: You're not gonna betray ol' JFK, are ya?
- Alex Jurel: Aw, come on, for Christ's sake, Roger! That'd be like shitting on the Peace Corps! You haven't lived 'till you see them try to serve me with a subpoena.”
Judd Hirsch - Roger Rubell
Nick Nolte - Alex Jurel

“- Dr. Donna Burke: We, the board members present, think that you should tender your resignation.
- Alex Jurel: My resignation? What for?
- Dr. Donna Burke: Because, Mr. Jurel, no one here wants to go through the pain of firing you.”
Lee Grant - Dr. Donna Burke
Nick Nolte - Alex Jurel

“- Dr. Donna Burke: Just what the hell are you guys running here, a goddamn zoo? I'm in the middle of a fundraiser breakfast when I'm informed that your school psychologist has flipped out in the middle of your goddamn office. And, then I get here and find out that there has been a stabbing, and if that's not enough, one of your kids tries to eat...” (continue)(continue reading)
Lee Grant - Dr. Donna Burke
Judd Hirsch - Roger Rubell

“Teamwork, Troy, does not mean going out and starting your own team.”
Judd Hirsch - Roger Rubell