- Charlie Brown: There are three things in life that people like to stare at: a flowing stream, a crackling fire, and a Zamboni clearing the ice.
- [Peppermint Patty tries on her skating dress, which turns out to be a long skirt]
- Marcie: Maybe it'll look better after I get the sequins sewed on, sir.
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: [furiously] Marcie! This is the worst skating dress I've ever seen! It doesn't even have any sleeves in it! How can I skate in a dress like this? I'll be the laughingstock of the whole competition!
- Marcie: If you will recall, sir, I told you I didn't know how to sew.
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: [sadly] I think I'm going to cry. I can feel the tears forming in my stomach.
- [after Peppermint Patty's figure skating competition]
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: Well coach, how did you like my sit-spin?
- [Snoopy grumbles angrily]
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: That bad, eh? Well, how did you like my double axel?
- [Snoopy grumbles angrily]
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: Don't you have anything good to say?
- [Snoopy kisses her]
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: [smiles] That good, eh?
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: Well, coach, what do you think?
- Snoopy: Bleah!
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: There's no one harder to please than a skating coach.
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: Problem number six?
- [reading worksheet]
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: "How many gallons of cream containing 25% butter fat and milk containing 3 1/2% butter fat must be mixed to obtain 50 gallons of cream containing 12 1/2% butter fat?" Ma'am, would you settle for twenty push-ups?
- [Peppermint Patty is asleep in class again]
- Marcie: Wake up, sir.
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: I can't lift my head, Marcie. Give me a little push.
- [Marcie pushes Peppermint Patty's head onto her desk and Patty bumps her nose]
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: Don't call on me for a while, ma'am. I'm here, but my nose is in the recovery room.
- Teacher: Patty!
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: Oops! Sorry, ma'am! I guess I dozed off for a second. I dreamt I had just been given a scholarship to Vassar.
- Teacher: Patricia, please try and stay awake.
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: Well, back to reality!
- Teacher: Patricia? Patricia, you're asleep again!
- [Marcie hits Patty on the head with her book]
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: I'M AWAKE! I'M AWAKE!
- Teacher: Patricia, are you aware of what's happening?
- Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt: No, ma'am, I don't know what's going on... BUT I'M AWAKE!