“Obtuse? Oh, what a dreadfully big word for a college dropout.”
Nancy Travis - Prof. Joyce Reardon

“- Carole Genest: You think if you went to college things would have turned out different with her?
- Jesse Stone: Probably not, but I would have gotten an education.
- Carole Genest: From her or from school?
- Jesse Stone: Both.”

Liisa Repo-Martell - Carole Genest
Tom Selleck - Jesse Stone

“- Phil Davis: All right, they didn't go to college. They didn't go to Smith.
- Bob Wallace: Go to Smith? She couldn't even spell it.”
Danny Kaye - Phil Davis
Bing Crosby - Bob Wallace

“I'm Lorna Larkin, Miss Texas. I'm a magna cum laude graduate from the University of Texas with a double degree in genetic engineering and cosmetology.”
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras - Lorna Larkin

“Look, Miss Snit, a girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent! I mean, take a look at you and me. You chose books, I chose looks. I have a nice house, a wonderful husband and you are slaving away teaching snot-nosed children their ABCs.”
Rhea Perlman - Mrs. Wormwood