Baby (2000 TV Movie)

Ann Dowd: Ms. Minifred

Quotes 

• Ms. Minifred : [to her class]  This year, we will be talking about the power of language. The power of words. Wondrous words. In these books is the power of a hundred hurricanes. You don't believe me? The Bible. The Declaration of Independence. Hamlet. Words can change the world, and they can change you.

• Ms. Minifred : [Larkin and Ms. Minifred bump into each other]  . Oh, easy does it Larkin.

  Larkin Malone : Ms. Minifred I'm sorry.

  Ms. Minifred : I don't think anyone on this island has ever been in a hurry.

  Larkin Malone : It's the Labor Day Ferry. We're gonna miss it.

  Ms. Minifred : Ah. "I have come too late into a world too old."

  Larkin Malone : [pause]  Sorry?

  Ms. Minifred : [laughs]  I'll see you in class, and this year, we'll be studying poetry.

• Ms. Minifred : [She flips through slides only to see they're empty]  That's why I teach poetry, not physics.