Della Reese: Tess

Quotes 

• Tess : I dunno, Sam. There's a whole lot o'them and just one of me.

  Sam : And here I thought you loved children.

  Tess : I do love children; I'm an angel, that's what I do, but actually talking to them and things... Gettin' 'em to listen and stop 'em from runnin' around and fidgeting and, asking question after question after question...

  Sam : Tess. Tess.

  Tess : What?

  Sam : When children stop asking questions, that's when you've got a problem.

• Principal : Anyone not in their seat in five seconds is gonna spend the day with me in the principal's office.

  Tess : [the kids scramble to their desks]  How'd she do that?

  [Sam chuckles] 

• Calvin : [quoting Booth]  What was the bitter end like?

  Tess : Are you sure you wanna know? It might change your career plans.

• Tess : One man pulled the trigger, and broke every heart in America.

• Calvin : So did John Wilkes Booth go to Hell?

  Tess : Well, he had to make a decision. And he decided to separate himself from God. And that's about the worst Hell you can imagine. Lot of angry people do that.

• Tess : Where would this country be if the children stopped thinking of how to make it a better place to live?

• Tess : God can make a hero out of you, if you let Him.