“When I graduated first grade, all my dad did was tell me to get a job.”
Norm MacDonald - Frank

“- Josie Hemphill: You could go to school over there at Sul Ross. Still live here. You could talk to daddy about that.
- John Hemphill: We talked about college a few years ago. He told me all a father owes his son is room and board for 18 years. And after that, he's on his own.”
Ashley Johnson - Josie Hemphill
Eddie Mills - John Hemphill

My mom's gonna kill me. I'm the first one to go to college in my family and when I left she said "Weensie, if you screw this up, I'll kill you". She showed me the knife.

Jerod Mixon - Weensie

“- Mr. Welch: Now I want you to do the bee today, okay?
- Akeelah: So everyone can call me a freak and a brainiac? No I ain't down for no spelling bee.
- Mr. Welch: Well, maybe you'd be down for spending the rest of the semester in detention for all your absences?”
Curtis Armstrong - Mr. Welch
Keke Palmer - Akeelah

“- Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone: After the wedding, you'll move into a nice ground floor apartment.
- Lisa Provolone: Why a ground floor apartment?
- Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone: Because after I break his legs, he's not gonna make it up any steps!”
Sylvester Stallone - Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone
Marisa Tomei - Lisa Provolone