From my Spanish teacher:
In response to "but we live in a democracy!" (in an attempt to get out of classwork): "I don't get all of these teachers now days that let students take majority votes. A classroom is not a democracy. It's a dictatorship, and I'm the dictator."
"I need passion! Passion! You're hysterical alligators! Thrash around and swing those tails!" (All while acting out what a hysterical alligator would look like.)
During a rant about bullying in school: "There's a certain type a lot of kids go after too, especially in middle school. You know, that real pale kid who probably wears glasses and is smart but very, very quiet... Like Lucia. Oh fudge, that's not what I meant."
Military history teacher:
"Your homework over the break is to tell your mother you love her, even if you don't, no tattoos, no piercings, and no getting married."
"You know, I now have a former student in every field of service. After the last one finishes her training, I'll put my plan in motion and we'll invade China! I will be ruler!"
And the quote my mother's Spanish teacher (who was German) always used to girls who were chewing gum: "You look like a cow on a barstool."
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"Nothing worth having is easy."
Three years!