“- Joe: You can get some sleep on the plane!
- Al: You kiddin'? I could sooner fall asleep on a roller coaster. I don't like them jets. I don't trust no plane that ain't got no propellers.”

George Burns - Joe
Art Carney - Al

“- Capt. Joe Patroni: I've flown just about every type of aircraft through three wars and forty pounds. Only thing I'm afraid of is heights. Are you afraid of anything, Metrand?
- Capt. Paul Metrand: American pilots.”
George Kennedy - Capt. Joe Patroni
Alain Delon - Capt. Paul Metrand

“You really think the pilot is controlling this plane? That would really scare me.”
John Cusack - Nick Falzone

“What I heard is that the moment the plane went down, Eric was alone in his room and without anybody even telling him anything, he started to pretend to fly. It's like, somehow, he knew his parents were about to crash. The way he figured he could save them was by being an airplane. He's been one ever since.”

Lucy Deakins - Milly

“Statistically, the chance of a plane going down because of turbulence is less than what, one in a billion? Or is it a million? I can't remember if it's...”

Arjay Smith - Brian Parks