School Ties Quotes

School Ties is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . School Ties ended in 1970.

It features Stanley R. Jaffe as producer, and Maurice Jarre in charge of musical score.

School Ties is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of School Ties is 106 minutes long. School Ties is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon, Brendan Fraser as David Green, Cole Hauser as Jack Connors, Anthony Rapp as McGoo, Peter Donat as Dr. Bartram, Chris O'Donnell as Chris Reese, Andrew Lowery as McGivern, Amy Locane as Sally Wheeler, Brendan Fraser as David Greene, Michael Higgins as Mr. Gierasch, Randall Batinkoff as Rip Van Kelt, and Željko Ivanek as Mr. Cleary.

School Ties Quotes

Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon

• (Matt Damon) "You know something? I'm still gonna get into Harvard. And in 10 years no one will remember any of this. But you'll still be a god**** Jew."
• (Brendan Fraser) "And you'll still be a prick."

• (Matt Damon) "True story, last weekend there was a religious revival at Madison Square Garden. Bishop Fulton Sheen made such a stirring speech that 10,000 people converted to Catholicism. Then Billy Graham got up and did some inspired preaching and 10,000 people converted to Protestantism, then to close the program, Pat Boone got up and sang "There's A Gold Mine In The Sky" and 20,000 Jews joined the Air Force."

Peter Donat as Dr. Bartram

• (Peter Donat) "Was it worth it? Breaking a tradition just to win a football game?"
• (Brendan Fraser) "Your tradition or mine, sir?"

• (Peter Donat) "You people are very -- determined, aren't you?"
• (Brendan Fraser) "Sometimes we have to be, sir."

• (Peter Donat) "The honor code is a living thing. It cannot exist in a vacuum."

• (Peter Donat) "I'd like to forget this whole thing ever happened."
• (Brendan Fraser) "No sir. You're never going to forget this happened, because I'm going to stay here. And every time you see me, you'll remember that it happened. You used me for football. I'll use you to get into Harvard."

• (Peter Donat) "-- and the meek shall inherit the earth."
• (Brendan Fraser) "I wonder how meek they'll be when they do, sir."

Anthony Rapp as McGoo

• (Anthony Rapp) "A-Jew."

Amy Locane as Sally Wheeler

• (Amy Locane) "Everybody's asking me what it's like to kiss a Jew."

• (Amy Locane) "I have a confession to make, I think about you more than I ought to."

• (Amy Locane) "You lied to me."
• (Brendan Fraser) "I didn't lie to you. I lied to my father. I lied to myself."

Michael Higgins as Mr. Gierasch

• (Michael Higgins) "Be seated, gentlemen. It appears that someone in this class cheated on yesterday's history exam. Today is Saturday. Your next class is on Monday. Therefore, we are faced with a rather bleak situation. If the guilty party does not come forward, or is not identified by then, I shall be forced to fail the entire section."
• (Chris O'Donnell) "Isn't that unfair, sir? Only one of us cheated."
• (Michael Higgins) "We have all been dishonored by this person and I will not tolerate it."
• (Brendan Fraser) "How can you be sure that someone cheated, sir?"
• (Michael Higgins) "I would prefer to keep the evidence to myself for the time being."
• (Randall Batinkoff) "Can't you just throw out the old test and give us a new one?"
• (Michael Higgins) "And pretend that no one cheated? But someone did cheat. Whoever did this has robbed you of your honor. If I ignore it, he will have robbed me of mine as well. I leave it in your hands, gentlemen."

Brendan Fraser as David Green

• (Brendan Fraser) "I'll honor your tradition. I'll go to the Headmaster and I'll lie."

• (Brendan Fraser) "COWARDS."

• (Brendan Fraser) "You never told me what religion you are."
• (Chris O'Donnell) "I'm a Methodist."
• (Brendan Fraser) "A Methodist. And all this time I didn't know it."

Cole Hauser as Jack Connors

• (Cole Hauser) "Okay, I'll admit it, you know. I'm an anti-Semite. I crack Jew jokes, think they're dirty, pushy. And you know what? David Greene's the only one I've ever met up close."
• (Anthony Rapp) "What's you're point, Connors?"
• (Cole Hauser) "He's a good guy."

Andrew Lowery as McGivern

• (Andrew Lowery) "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows."

Željko Ivanek as Mr. Cleary

• (Željko Ivanek) "The cultural environment in which one lives ought to be as important as the air he breathes -- the food he eats."

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