“Every hooker's got a hard luck story.”
Richard Tiffany Gere - Eddie Jillette

“- Emily Reed: Why this? Why all the trouble?
- James Wheeler: Because I'm interested in you.”
Carré Otis - Emily Reed
Mickey Rourke - James Wheeler

“The real reason Mud's in all the trouble he's got is because of her. He's been in love with that girl since he was your age. Trouble is she don't care about nobody but herself.”
Sam Shepard - Tom

“- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: Oh, I had a job waitin' tables once. S' on a riverboat. I wasn't no older than Newt, there, but I hadda give it up.
- Newt Dobbs: How come?
- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: Well I was, too young and pretty and the whores wouldn't let me alone.”
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae
Ricky Schroder - Newt Dobbs

“- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: Is that all you boys can think about; gettin' to Ogallala and spendin' your money on whores?
- Jasper Fant: That's all right for you, Gus; you got Lorena with you. What about the rest of us?
- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: What's good for me might not be good for the weak minded.”
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae
Barry Tubb - Jasper Fant