School quotes

“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

“- Helen Parr: I can't believe you don't want to go to your own son's graduation!
- Bob Parr: It's not a graduation. He is moving from the fourth grade to the fifth grade.
- Helen Parr: It's a ceremony!”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr

“We don't have time for learning. We need to win. They could lose their scholarships.”

David Selby - Dean Buckley

“Great, the school gets taken over by terrorists and I'm still on pots and pans.”
Sean Astin - Billy Tepper

“- Emily Bergman: Well, I got pretty good when I skipped school but it's been a while.
- Barry Bergman: Forgery's like riding a bicycle, you never forget how... I've heard.”
Julianne Nicholson - Emily Bergman
Tom Cavanagh - Barry Bergman

“- Mutt Williams: You're not my dad, alright!
- Indiana Jones: You bet I am; and I've got news for you; you're gonna go back and finish school!
- Mutt Williams: Oh really! What happend to there's not a damn thing wrong, with you kid, don't let anybody else tell you any different! You don't remember saying that!
- Indiana Jones: That was before I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Shia LaBeouf - Mutt Williams
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones

“- William Carson III: Paula what are you doing out here?
- Paula Carson: What do you mean?
- William Carson III: Shouldn't you be in school you're not cutting class I hope!”
Martin Mull - William Carson III
Jill Schoelen - Paula Carson

“I'm a diplomat! I failed flight school!”
Carl Lumbly - John Parker

“High school: just a mindless little breeders' machine.”
Emily Perkins - Brigitte

“- Economics Teacher: [takes attendance] Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
- Simone Adamley: Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.”
Ben Stein - Economics Teacher
Kristy Swanson - Simone Adamley

“It's America, you know what I mean? Find out what it is and put that down on the application for college.”
Vince Vaughn - Fred Claus

“Ah, you college men are all alike: all you think about is getting laid! I almost wish I was enrolling in school with you guys!”
James Cromwell - Mr. Skolnick

“- Police Liaison Officer: What's in your hand?
- Dale Denton: It's weed, it's a joint, it's a roach. I thought it was decriminalized. To be honest with you, I have horrible anorexia and it helps my appetite. I'm so sorry.
- Police Liaison Officer: Look, selling narcotics to my students is not decriminalized. I'm the liaison officer for this...” (continue)(continue reading)
Cleo King - Police Liaison Officer
Seth Rogen - Dale Denton

“I'm in a hostile environment. I'm totally unprepared. And I'm surrounded by a bunch of guys who probably want to kick my ass... it's like being back in high school.”
Linden Ashby - Johnny Cage

“You are not inferior. Your grades may be. Your school may have been. But you can turn all that around and make liars out of those bastards in exactly one hour, when you take that test, pass it, and win!”

Morgan Freeman - Principal Joe Clark

“I've been kicked off the track team, and without track my grades will be based on... my grades.”
Kevin Dillon - Rooney

“- Max Fischer: They are going to cancel Latin. They've got to make room for Japanese.
- Rosemary Cross: That's a shame because all the Romance languages are based on Latin.”

Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer
Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross

“- Silas P. Silas: Those look like they're still in high school, yo.
- Jamal King: If there's grass on the infield, play ball!”
Method Man - Silas P. Silas
Redman - Jamal King

“- Vice Principal Gene Wolters: I care about these kids just as much as you do. And if I'm forced to choose between Mozart and reading and writing and long division, I choose long division.
- Glenn Holland: Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want, Gene. Sooner or later, these kids aren't going to have anything to read or write about.”
William H. Macy - Vice Principal Gene Wolters
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Glenn Holland

“- Gerry Boyle: This is a Gaelic speaking region. Did they not teach you that at Langley?
- FBI agent Wendell Everett: No, they did not teach us that at Langley. For the simple fact that Langley is the CIA, you idiot, not the FBI!”
Brendan Gleeson - Gerry Boyle
Don Cheadle - FBI Agent Wendell Everett

“- Britney: You want me to copy all of that? Can't you just give it to me in like, a book?
- Mrs. Webster: I'm sorry Miss Allen, but we don't have enough books for everyone. Now I wouldn't want to single you out and give you one, we wouldn't want the other students to think that you're more important than them now would we?
- Britney: No.
- Mrs....” (continue)(continue reading)
Conni Marie Brazelton - Mrs. Webster
Hayden Panettiere - Britney

“I know this has been a difficult time for you, but I want you to try to enjoy this day. Commencement: the end of one thing, the start of something new.”

Willem Dafoe - Norman Osborn

“- Terry Corrigan: I'll bet I know who you are. You're Mr. Goldstein's replacement. Terry Corrigan, biology.
- Andrew Norris: Andy Norris, music. What's the gun for?
- Terry Corrigan: Where have you been teaching lately?
- Andrew Norris: Lately? Nowhere.
- Terry Corrigan: It figures.”
Roddy McDowall - Terry Corrigan
Perry King - Andrew Norris

“- Staunton's Secretary: I was in California once. How do you get any work done with all that sunshine?
- Katherine Ann Watson: We tan in class.”
Julia Roberts - Katherine Ann Watson

“- Glen Lantz: What did you do to your arm?
- Nancy Thompson: I burned it in English class.”
Johnny Depp - Glen Lantz
Heather Langenkamp - Nancy Thompson