“- Ben Randall: When the heck did we get old?
- Maggie McGlone: I've always been old. I mean if my muscles ache, it's because I've used 'em. It's hard for me to walk up them steps now, its 'cuz I walked up 'em every night to lay next to a man who loved me. I got a few wrinkles here and there, but I've layed under thousands of skies with sunny days.”
Kevin Costner - Ben Randall
Bonnie Bramlett - Maggie McGlone

“There's always a happy ending. And our focus groups tell us 18 to 35 year olds are unhappy. They're not happy with happy. So maybe you should spend more time figuring out how to stop 20 year olds from changing the channel.”

Kari Wahlgren - Mindy

“- Roland Dalton: Happy is the fleeting hope of youth.
- Richie Marks: Who said that?
- Roland Dalton: Me.”
Peter Weller - Roland Dalton
Sam Elliott - Richie Marks

“- Roman: The rest of us are all probably going to die of heart attacks and strokes long before you.
- Chet: [mumbling] I hope so. Wouldn’t that be great. Gee just to see a bunch of people drop that you hate. God that would be something I tell you.”
Dan Aykroyd - Roman Craig
John Candy - Chet Ripley

“After the storm, I couldn't say life was beautiful. But all I kept hoping for was the Eskimo boy of my dream to run out of one of these doors and hug me. And even though I no longer felt like a fish and realized I knew nothing, I was happy to be alive.”
Johnny Depp - Axel Blackmar