“- Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I'm not going to be able to continue this conversation.
- Donnie Darko: Why?
- Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I could lose my job.”

Noah Wyle - Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff
Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko

“My first grade teacher, Miss Nimvel, told Dede that I never paid attention. That I was probably retarded, and that I had a very limited future as a citizen of the United States. Then a week later, she said I should probably skip second grade, maybe even skip elementary school altogether.”
Adam Hann-Byrd - Fred Tate

“The high school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity, he threw the teacher out the window!”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon

“- Professor Brooks: I know what you're doing. I know about the car, the grades, and the promises and I want you to lay off. Todd Howard has a future at this school but it's not in the ring.
- Dean Dunn: Who do you think you're talking to? He'll do exactly as I say.
- Professor Brooks: You don't own him.”
Kim Darby - Professor Brooks
John Astin - Dean Dunn

“High school is not a democracy. Teachers don't wait.”

Jay Thomas - Coach Bill Meister