“- Frank Anselmo: Your boy embarrassed me!
- Mayor John Pappas: You're gonna have to live with it!
- Frank Anselmo: Why?
- Mayor John Pappas: Because he's my boy!”
Danny Aiello - Frank Anselmo
Al Pacino - Mayor John Pappas

“If I don't feel sorry for myself, who will?”
Virginia Field - Kitty

“You should let the future catch up with you more slowly.”

Vivien Leigh - Myra

“I probably have too much sympathy for Mr. Brown and not enough patience with Mrs. Brown. We get cases like that every day. The wife is bored; marriage is just a habit. But on the other hand, she accepts everything her husband gives her.”

Eve Arden - Sally Aikens

“Honey, you mustn't fool yourself! That would be the worst thing of all. You've got to face it, as hard and cruel as it is. Cry, darling. Cry your heart out. I won't try to tell you that you'll get over it soon, because it will take time - maybe a long time.”

Claudette Colbert - Anne Hilton