Miss Honey: 8 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Feb 11, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by Miss Honey, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 A bright child? -Yes. She can multiply large sums in her head. -So can a calculator.

Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz) in Matilda (1996)

2 If you think watching some rotten TV show is more important than your daughter, then maybe you shouldn't be a parent. Now, why don't you turn that darn thing off and listen to me.

Embeth Davidtz in Matilda (1996)

3 Don't speak unless you're spoken to. Don't laugh. Don't smile. Don't even breathe loudly. -Don't breathe at all.

Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz), Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris) in Matilda (1996)

4 It's wonderful you feel so powerful. Many people don't feel powerful at all.

Embeth Davidtz in Matilda (1996)

5 Oh, I believe that you should believe in whatever power you think you have inside of you. Believe it with all your heart.

Embeth Davidtz in Matilda (1996)

6 I thought grownups weren't afraid of anything. -Quite the contrary. All grownups get scared, just like children.

Embeth Davidtz as Miss Honey; Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

7 You were born into a family that doesn't always appreciate you, but one day, things are gonna be very different.

Embeth Davidtz in Matilda (1996)

8 I want to stay with Miss Honey. -Miss Honey doesn't want you. Why would she want some snotty, disobedient kid? -Because she's a spectacularly wonderful child, and I love her.

Zinnia Wormwood (Rhea Perlman), Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz) in Matilda (1996)