Glen: Does the sun really come out this early?
Iris: It was a surprise to me too. I took a picture just in case it never happens again.

Glen: What kind of people like to go to work at 7:30 in the morning?

Iris: I made $32 today.
Glen: Big deal. I made 32 kids sleep with their eyes open.

Mr. Holland: You?
Student: Classical.
Mr. Holland: Brownnoser.

Tyler Russ: Tuba is for fat guys with pimples.

Ms. Jacobs: Mr. Holland a word.
Mr. Holland: Ms. Jacobs with you it's just not one word.

Mr. Holland: Playing music is supposed to be fun. It's about heart, it's about feelings, moving people, and something beautiful, and it's not about notes on a page. I can teach you notes on a page, I can't teach you that other stuff.

Mr. Holland: Well, congratulations, Gene. You've been looking for a way to get rid of me for 30 years, and they finally gave you an excuse.
Vice Principal Wolters: You know, I'm not as popular as you. I'm not anybody's favorite anything.
Mr. Holland: That's because you're the enemy, Gene. You just don't know it.

Mr. Holland: Which instrument do you think you'd like to play?
Louis Russ: Well, I was kinda thinkin' like... How about electric guitar?
Mr. Holland: Well, this is a marching band. The extension cord will kill us.

Vice Principal Wolters: Have you been to any of the football games this season, Mr. Holland?
Mr. Holland: I can't say that I have, no.
Vice Principal Wolters: Well, Mrs. Jacobs and I feel that there's something missing.
Mr. Holland: Touchdowns?

Principal Jacobs: A teacher has two jobs; fill young minds with knowledge, yes, but more important, give those minds a compass so that that knowledge doesn't go to waste.

Rowena Morgan: You love music and you make the kids love it too.

Vice Principal Wolters: I care about these kids just as much as you do. And if I'm forced to choose between Mozart and reading and writing and long division, I choose long division.
Mr. Holland: Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want, Gene. Sooner or later, these kids aren't going to have anything to read or write about.

Mr. Holland: The day they cut the football budget in this state, that will be the end of Western Civilization as we know it!