Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) - Quotes

Father Ignatius: [''Repeatedly''] Oh... Remember. Nothing ever is bad as it seems at first. Fight the good fight.

Sondra: You can't answer any questions about... sex.

Sister Mary Patrick: Oh, don't be so sure. You don't have to bite the donut to know it's sweet.

Sister Mary Clarence: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Please take your seats. Do it quickly and quietly. Welcome to the first day of your new scholastic lives. This is no longer a bird course. The bird has flown. If you want to pass this course, you gonna have to earn it, cause I have no problems, not one, failing each and every one of you.

Sketch Pinshum: Yo. I never thought this was no bird course.

Sister Mary Clarence: I'm glad for you. Very, very glad. Because this is a new day. Things are going to be a little different around here.

Frankie: Oh, yeah?

Sister Mary Clarence: Uh-huh.

Frankie: Like how?

Sister Mary Clarence: [''Some girls pass notes around and when it got to Maria, she giggled. Sister Mary Clarence walks to her and points to the note''] Like when I talk, Fran-KAY, you don't! Is this somethin you wanna share with the rest of the class?

Maria: No, I'm just kickin it with my girl.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''Margaret is looking in her compact and putting blush on her face''; [w:Elizabeth Arden|Elizabeth Arden; ''Sketch has his head down on his desk''] Well. I'll tell you what. You gonna kick it with me, or I'm gonna kick you out! What you think of THAT? Put em away. And you. This is not ], Miss Thing. You wanna beat that mug of yours, you do it before you come to my class. You understand me? Put it away. And you. Sketch. I like you a lot. But I don't want you catchin z's in my class no more.

Sketch Pinshum: I be tired. I got a job l...

Sister Mary Clarence: [[w:Oprah|Ǫprąh] Baby, save it for ]. This is a brand-new day, ladies and gentlemen. A BRAND-new day. We're gonna start with respect. You're gonna respect me and I'm gonna respect you.

Ahmal James: Rumor has it that you're a Las Vegas showgirl?

Sister Mary Clarence: Let's get one thing straight, my dear Ahmal. I am not, nor have I ever been, a Las Vegas showgirl. I am a headliner!

Florence Watson: [''Reading a letter on Rita's desk''] Dear Mama, I went to the all-state music competition. I never meant to hurt you but I had to follow my heart. Please forgive me. I love you, Rita.

Tanya: [''To Rita''] You take the top and I'll take the bottom. Just try it.

Sister Mary Lazarus: Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Show me a man that a woman can trust. Now where did it say that on the eighth day He dusteth?

Father Thomas: Father forgive us, we know EXACTLY what we do!

Mr. Crisp: [''To Father Ignatius''] Have you been drinking more of that sacramental wine, father?

Mr. Crisp: Sister Mary Fake!

Mother Superior: God help us.

Mother Superior: Go with God, Crispy.

Sister Mary Lazarus: [[w:Sodom and Gommorah|Sodom and Gommorah] Congratulations, you're the new mayor of ].

Sister Mary Clarence: I'm undercover again.

Sister Mary Clarence: What the hell are you doing?

Sister Mary Clarence: [''Singing''] We are family / I got all my sisters with me / We are family / Get up everybody and sing!

Sister Mary Clarence: [''Singing''] Ain't no mountain high enough.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''Singing''] Get up off of that thing!

Sister Mary Clarence: [''To the music class''] I'm gonna turn you guys into a choir.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''Entering the rap circle''] I got the flow, you all gotta go, so pick up your bags so we can go, ho-ho! Uh-huh, ow, ow, NOW! Thank you, thank you.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''The students are standing at the top of a stairwell full of cobwebs''] Hurry up, I wouldn't want any of those spiders to get in those weaves some of you are wearing, I can tell.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''To Maria''] You, chewing that gum, you look like Mr. Ed.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''To Rita Louise Watson during roll call''] We'll just call you Rita, Diva with a Tude.

Sister Mary Clarence: So because you think they sang it better you all are ready to leave cause you got scared? Aw yea, nah, that's your MO. See that's how you operate: Ooo, something new, better run away! Forget about all the people who busted their butt to get you here cause they believed in you. Let me remind you of something, ok: if you wanna go somewhere and you wanna be somebody, you better wake up and pay attention. Because if every time something scary comes up you decide to run, y'all gonna be running for the rest of your lives.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''Class laughs at boys' hair''; ''To girl behind Rita''; ''Turns to "hat" boys''] And the first thing you're gonna do, gentlemen, is take off those hats. This is a brand... new... day. I guess that means you're gonna be combing your hair before you come to my class. And, I know you're laughing over there cause you think this is very funny, Miss Thing, but there is no sun in this room, you will not get a tan. Take off those sunglasses. That goes for you, too. If they're not prescription, I don't wanna see em. I want to see YOU, I want to be able to look into YOUR eyes, I want you to be able to look into mine.

Sister Mary Clarence: You lied to me and you're gonna go to hell.

Sister Mary Clarence: Do you know what I hate most about this place? There is nothing to pick up and throw.

Sister Mary Clarence: [''After Maria has said she doesn't know the words of a song and her classmates snicker''] Hey, hey - excuse me! It is NOT Maria's fault, that she does not know that Mary had a lamb. It is not - and I say this to you - it is *not* Maria's fault. Because maybe, MAYBE where Maria came from, Mary had a dog! Or a lil kitty cat! Or a little bald headed brother named Bart! It is NOT her fault and we're not going to tell her it is, are we? No, we are not!

Sister Mary Clarence: If you wake up in the morning, and you can't think anything but singing, then you should be a singer, girl.

Sister Mary Clarence: If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention.

Sister Mary Clarence: Now listen, I know you've got to think about your image, cause image is important to you, because of course your friends are gonna dictate your actions through the rest of your lives, and I wouldn't want you to step away from them and become an individual, that would almost be too much!