“He defrauded the American government of $56 million while we were at war, when we could least afford it. While brave men were dying on the beaches of Normandy, Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket of the American taxpayer.”

Alan Alda - Senator Ralph Owen Brewster

“The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is: a) whatever the IRS says, b) a smart lawyer, c) ten years in prison, d) all of the above?”
Gene Hackman - Avery Tolar

“- Angela: Why won't you? Because crime doesn't pay?
- Roy Waller: No, it does. It does! Just not very well.”

Alison Lohman - Angela
Nicolas Cage - Roy Waller

“Rooster, you're the only con I know who can con a cop.”

Kathy Bates - Miss Agatha Hannigan

“The pirate Yellowbeard captured many other galleons, killing over five-hundred men in cold blood. He would tear the captains hearts out and swallow them whole. Often forcing his victims to eat their own lips, he was caught and imprisoned... for tax evasion.”