Lauren Davis: I wanna go dancing. Women have sex with men to go dancing.
Harry Senate: Men go dancing with women to have sex and we've already done that. So why do we need to go dancing?

Lauren Davis: Three siblings. Two are doctors, the other's an investment banker. And to my parents, I'm the one who didn't make anything of herself. I can still hear my father's words: "What a waste, Lauren. You are so smart. You could actually be somebody." Something we battle every day is disrespect. We get it from the kids because it comes from the parents. And look at what we make!
Steven Harper: You know what your problem is, Lauren? You don't have any idea how powerful you are. Things you say in that classroom some of those kids are going to remember fifty years from now, even if you've forgotten by the sound of the next bell. Do you like being a teacher?
Lauren Davis: I love it.
Steven Harper: Then what are you complaining about?

Lauren: Do you really think that it is appropriate to motivate your students with the message that the smart kids get the pretty girls?
Jenna: I never said that.
Lauren: Oh.
Jenna: What I said is, the smart kids get the girls with the good asses.
Lauren: Oh.

Lauren: Steven, have you lost your mind?
Steven: Why does that question keep popping up?

Lauren: You okay?
Harry: Oh, well, between us splitting up and me not owning a computer, I don't get to see you naked anymore.

Lisa: Don't tell me what to do, Harry.
Harry: It's Mr. Senate to you.
Lisa: No, I think it's Harry.
Harry: You're a student!
Lisa: Which gives me an excuse for all the stuff I pull. What's yours... Harry?

Lisa: Is this just about sex with you?
Milton: Honestly, no. I can see you as a potential ex-wife.

Louisa: (about Scott) He's in love.
Marilyn: Really?
Louisa: Marie Ronning's mother. She came in to complain about her daughter sniffing bus fumes, now she's sniffing him.

Louisa: (to Scott) Would you like me to make a list of all the people who don't like you?

Marilyn: Marla's circulating a petition.
Kevin: Great. It's nice to know I have the voice of insanity on my side.

Marilyn: We can win this competition without Tyronn. You guys are awesome. So, we'll get right back into it, and we'll be great, and nobody will get gum disease from bitin' anybody's ass.

Marla Hendricks: [to the school board] Let me tell you something, let me tell all of you something. The reason I've had it is because I have to go into a room day after day after damn day and try to break through to a bunch of damn kids who don't want to listen, don't want to learn, and don't want to give me the decency of being quiet. Mr. Senate shot off a gun? I woulda rolled in a big cannon if I knew where to get one. I'd have tried anything. And you show me a teacher who doesn't almost lose his or her mind sometimes, and I'll show you a teacher who's not trying. I can show you some parents who aren't. You send them off to school thinking: job's done. It's up to the teachers now. Well, it doesn't work that way. You got to get in on this, too. Kids coming in every day singing that jingle: those who can't do, teach. They get that from their parents! Well, let me tell you, we're in there doing every damn day, and a lot of the doing we do is parenting! You want to compare failures? Step right up! Who's first?

Marla Hendricks: Are you gonna say grace?
Harry Senate: Yep. I'm going to thank God that I'm not you.

Marla Hendricks: Harvey, Helen is dead. And as for your reputation... it's in worse shape than Helen.

Marla Hendricks: I have four cheeks, Harry. Pick one and bite it.