Barbara: Yeah, well, maybe this will be the year where the school board finally awards me that Advancement Grant that I have been applying to for years.
Melissa: They will if we make them. Just like a little... gentle arm-twisting.
Barbara: A little arm twist never hurt.
Melissa: [gasps] This is so exciting. Oh, my God. I'm gonna go to the mall right after school and get a new shakedown sweater.

Melissa: Okay, kids, come on. Let's play a game called "How many animals do you spot on the way to getting Ms. Schemmenti a hot pretzel?"

Barbara: You want to know my secret? Do everything you can for your kids. We'll help. Hey, I suggest we put our money together and buy Janine the rug. What y'all think?
Melissa: Absolutely.
Jacob: Yes.
Janine: Guys, you can't. You don't have it. I know because I have the same salary as you and I overdrafted on a doughnut hole this morning.
Barbara: Well, what are you gonna do? Steal a rug?
Janine: Not me, but I know a guy who knows a guy?
Melissa: Way ahead of you. I'm gonna have to bake a ziti. [on the phone] Hey, Tony, you big strunz, listen, you still working that stadium build?

Janine: Hey, thank you so much. What's your name?
Man: I got no name.
Melissa: He doesn't got a name.
Janine: Okay.

Janine: Guys... Guys, I-I just want to say, I-I'm sorry, everybody. I just thought if I could get up here and get this done, then we wouldn't have to wait and...
Barbara: And look where it landed us, baby girl.
Melissa: Yeah, how'd that work out for you?
Barbara: Everybody, please, head to the gym. We've got bigger fish to fry now.
Melissa: Oh, Jesus! My branzino! Everybody out of the way! Out of the way!

Melissa: The breaker?! Janine! You can't do this stuff! What had you come to work today and lose your mind?
Janine: Look, I... I just have... Oh. Ooh. Okay. I feel lightheaded.
Gregory: Are you okay?
Melissa: Did you eat today? Because I know you didn't have lunch.
Jacob: And you didn't have any breakfast.
Melissa: Okay. We're losing her. Do I have your consent to slap you?

Jacob: Okay, I'm gonna get some water out of the fridge. Uh, hopefully it's still cold!
Melissa: Oh, my God! My branzino! Barb, excuse me! I'll be back! She'll be okay!

Melissa: Oh, look who's back in the land of the living.
Janine: Who opened the fire hydrant?
Barbara: Well, as Melissa would say, snitches get stitches.
Melissa: That is correct, but I am not talking to you on account of you killing my branzino.

Vinny: So hundreds of us come piling off this bus, right? And the punk firefighters, they didn't even show their pretty little faces, you know? And the pigs, they were mad 'cause we were throwing rocks. It's like, hey, just relax. They're just freakin' rocks, you know? [laughs] So, anyway, we tell that...
[Jacob drags Melissa out into the hallway]
Melissa: He's great, right?
Jacob: [whispering] Why did you bring him here?
Melissa: Uh, didn't we agree to this?
Jacob: I thought you were bringing a police captain. Someone to talk about how the union worked together in peace?
Melissa: That's not the real story. This is the truth. He's giving them an eyewitness account to history.
Jacob: Eyewitness? I think the term is "accomplice."
Melissa: This is the problem I have with people like you. You want to romanticize this city, but you won't acknowledge the truth. Like, you want to run up the Rocky steps, but you can't take a punch in the face.
Jacob: I can take a punch in the face. What... What... What are you saying? I'm some kind of, like, hipster poseur? Look, I care, okay? I am here, teaching, every day.
Melissa: No, I'm saying you can't teach the kids right if you don't respect where they're from. It's about respect.
Boy: Me and the rest of the class are going on strike until there are no more pop quizzes. [Vinny gives him a thumbs up]

Melissa: [aside to camera] Here's a little secret... Courtney didn't get transferred out of my class 'cause I couldn't handle her. She got her parents to transfer her because I'd already caught on to all her little tricks. Most of them. Nobody could have seen that macaroni thing coming.