“My daddy always used to say there was a separate god for children.”
Mary-Louise Parker - Ruth Jamison

- Creepy Guy: Know how many assassins it took to kill JFK?
- Nelson Hibbert: One?
- Creepy Guy: Nope. There were no gunmen at all. His head just did that. I call it the "No Bullet theory".
Enrico Colantoni - Creepy Guy
Dave Foley - Nelson Hibbert

“- Diane Court: I have this theory of convergence, that good things always happen with bad things. I know you have to deal with them at the same time, but I just don't know why they have to happen at the same time. I just wish I could work out some schedule. Am I just babbling? Do you know what I mean?
- Lloyd Dobler: No.”
Ione Skye - Diane Court
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“I have to confess I've never let the children watch a hockey game. I have a theory that children imitate what they see on a TV screen. If they see violence, they'll become violent. If they see someone stick up a bank, they'll stick up a bank. Heroin. You name it.”
Kathryn Walker - Anita McCambridge

“Pigman is trying to prove the Caine-Hackman theory. No matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV.”
Jeremy Piven - James 'Droz' Andrews