The Substitute

1996

Shale: Did you ever look up the word "mercenary"? It's someone who "works merely for money." Joey: Everybody works for money. Shale: It's not the money that bothers me; it's the "merely."

Rolle: Power perceived is power achieved.

Shale: I'm in charge of this classroom. I'm the warrior chief, the merciless god who stirs anything in its path. You fuck with me, and you will suffer my wrath.

(Shale confronts Juan Lacas and his cronies in the library) Shale: Ohh, I can't tell you boys how much I needed this. Juan Lacas: When we're done, I want you to say 'I'm Sorry' 100 times. Shale: Shh. No talking in the library.

Principal Claude Rolle: Two of your students are in the nurses office talking a lawsuit. Shale: What, is the nurse a lawyer?

(Claude Rolle tells Shale about how the drugs are shipped to the school via bus) Shale: And they said busing would never work.

Hollan: Cuba wimped you out. You lost your mind and now you lost your balls. Shale: (grabs Hollan by his crotch) Maybe I'll just borrow yours, on second thought they're too small. Hollan: (about to walk away) FUCK YOU. Fucking queers.

Shale: (Hollan fires near Shale to keep him from using his martial arts against the thug drug dealer) You fucking psycho! Hollan: (Hollan shoots drug dealer dead behind Shale, and hands gun to Shale) Who's the fuckin' psycho?

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