“- Charlie Babbitt: Listen, Ray, our dad died, that means he's not with us anymore. Did they tell you about that?
- Raymond Babbitt: I don't know.
- Charlie Babbitt: You don't know if they told you or you don't know what death is?
- Raymond Babbitt: I don't know.”
Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt
Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt

“- Harold: Blown up! He's dead! Eric is dead - car bomb. Mother's all right, suffering from shock in a hospital.
- Jeff: I don't understand.
- Harold: You need a million-dollar computer to understand this!”
Bob Hoskins - Harold
Derek Thompson - Jeff

“You don't wait for Death; you come to meet him!”

George Zucco - Dr. Elwyn Clayton

“- Beulah Blanton: Zack I have found the perfect woman for you! She's the most beautiful woman in town and she's available.
- Zack Blanton: Women die.”
Debbie Reynolds - Beulah Blanton
Sean Patrick Flanery - Zack Blanton

“- Arkady Renko: I always wanted to meet an American. You are so, so different. Forgive me for staring. Only once before did I ever meet an American, in the flesh, so to speak. A young student, Kirwell I think he was called. James Kirwell.
- Jack Osborne: Oh.
- Arkady Renko: But he was dead.
- Jack Osborne: That doesn't count then, does it?”
William Hurt - Arkady Renko
Lee Marvin - Jack Osborne