Baby (2000 TV Movie)
Ann Dowd: Ms. Minifred
Quotes
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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.
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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.
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Ms. Minifred : [She flips through slides only to see they're empty] That's why I teach poetry, not physics.