“- Herger - Joyous: Where did you learn our language?
- Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: I listened!”
Dennis Storhøi - Herger - Joyous
Antonio Banderas - Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan

“If you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention.”
Whoopi Goldberg - Sister Mary Clarence

“- Billy Kwan: You might learn something.
- Guy Hamilton: I doubt it. The British don't let much slip.
- Billy Kwan: Oh, yes they do. They're just more subtle. You ought to listen harder.”
Linda Hunt - Billy Kwan
Mel Gibson - Guy Hamilton

- Mrs. John Day - Peggy: Listen to the wheels, don't they seem to be saying something?
- Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary: No.
- Mrs. John Day - Peggy: Don't they seem to be saying "Go back, go back, go back, go back?".

Joan Fontaine - Mrs. John Day - Peggy
Norma Shearer - Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary

“When the heart speaks, Brother Orchid, other hearts must listen.”
Donald Crisp - Brother Superior