"Well, I'll tell you one thing: the kids are learning the metric system here... kilos, grams, that sort of thing. We're in jail, we've put ourselves in jail, and we're gonna stay in jail, while the people who should be behind bars are free on the streets. This has been A Piece of My Mind. I'm Darryl Cooper, general manager of KTVM. Thank you."

"Drew Barrymore as Ivy"

"[to Sylvie Cooper] How did they know it was you? Wait a sec. I've seen your dad. He is that guy, that jerk on TV who does those tweaked editorials. You phoned in a bomb threat to your own father?! That's great. No, I mean it. I'm gonna break this to you real slow. Your dad's an idiot."

"[to Sylvie Cooper] I ought to slap you good. You can't put 200 people out on a sidewalk just because you don't like an editorial! They're trying to get rid of me. Whose side are you on, anyway? Sylvie, you hurt me."

"Get the hell off the street!! Because the only people who are safe there are the drug dealers. They have more firepower than the police department."

"[referring to Ivy] She was definitely a turnoff, too overt. Look at her. Obviously, big problems. Most girls don't fly through the air with their skirt around their waist. Supergirl at least had the decency to wear tights; not that I read comics. I'm more the politically, environmentally correct feminist, poetry-reading type. You know, boring. I wonder if she posed for that painting. Great perm. Blond hair, obvious bleach job. Too bad it's six months old. I don't know how she does it. I get airsick on a seesaw. I guess she's sort of beautiful. I don't know. Those lips. Lips are supposed to be a perfect reflection of another part of a woman's anatomy. Not that I'm a lesbian. Well, maybe I am. No, definitely not. I told my mother I was, just for shock value. She said, "Fine, just as long as you don't smoke." Which, of course, is my main joy in life. Probably oral compensation. I don't think I was breast-fed. I can't imagine where she came from. None of the other kids at my school are that scangy. I really wish we could be friends."

"I don't need no lousy bus. I don't need no Mercedes. I'm in charge of my own fate."

"Tom Skerritt as Darryl Cooper"

"Cheryl Ladd as Georgie Cooper"

"Alan Stock as Bob"

"Greg Vaughan as Michael"

"Thomas Gottschalk – Father Wolfgang"

"Wendy Makkena – Sister Mary Robert"

"Maggie Smith – Reverend Mother"

"Barnard Hughes – Father Maurice"

"Lauryn Hill – Rita Louise Watson"

"Mary Wickes – Sister Mary Lazarus"

"Jennifer Love Hewitt – Margaret"

"Brad Sullivan – Father Thomas"

"Father forgive us, we know EXACTLY what we do!"

"Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Show me a man that a woman can trust. Now where did it say that on the eighth day He dusteth?"

"If you wake up in the morning, and you can't think anything but singing, then you should be a singer, girl."

"Ryan Toby – Wesley Glen "Ahmal M'jomo Jamaael" James"

"[To Rita] You take the top and I'll take the bottom. Just try it."

"Now listen, I know you've got to think about your image, cause image is important to you, because of course your friends are gonna dictate your actions through the rest of your lives, and I wouldn't want you to step away from them and become an individual, that would almost be too much!"

"[Reading a letter on Rita's desk] "Dear Mama, I went to the all-state music competition. I never meant to hurt you but I had to follow my heart. Please forgive me. I love you, Rita.""

"Alanna Ubach – Maria"

"Ron Johnson – Richard "Sketch" Pincham"

"If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention."

"Tanya Blount – Tanya"

"Mehran Marcos Sedghi – Marcos"

"Christian Fitzharris – Tyler Chase"

"Go with God, Crispy."

"Devin Kamin – Frankie"

"[Singing] Ain't no mountain high enough."

"Whoopi Goldberg – Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence"

"Kathy Najimy – Sister Mary Patrick"

"James Coburn – Mr. Crisp"

"Michael Jeter – Father Ignatius"

"Sheryl Lee Ralph – Florence Watson"

"Robert Pastorelli – Joey Bustamente"

"[Singing] We are family / I got all my sisters with me / We are family / Get up everybody and sing!"

"[Singing] Get up off of that thing!"