Mr. Herman Fleming Quotes in Cop & ½ (1993)

Mr. Herman Fleming: Now, tell me. What have you learned today? Sit up straight.

Devon: That I can hold my breath a lot longer than I thought I could.

Mr. Herman Fleming: Do I sense... uh... a little insolence?

Devon: No.

Mr. Herman Fleming: Devon, Devon, Devon, Devon. Lies are not explanations.

Devon: I'm not lying... Everyday these big jumbos... come and take my money... they put me in the toilet... and they hold me upside down.

Mr. Herman Fleming: Always blaming it on someone else. You leave me no choice, Devon. I have to call your grandmother.

Devon: Mr. Fleming, please. You don't have to call her. She can't take personal calls. It makes her sick. And she's on a very hard shift now.

Mr. Herman Fleming: Sit down, Devon.

[Devon sits back down]

Mr. Herman Fleming: Devon, if I don't make this call, you will never learn... and I would have done you a great injustice.

[He calls his grandmother]

Mr. Herman Fleming: 283, isn't it?

Devon: Yeah.

[bows his head]

Mr. Herman Fleming: What?

Devon: Yes, Mr. Fleming.

[bows his head again]

Mr. Herman Fleming: Thank you.