“- Morten Entrekin: People knew about the Manhattan Project, you know, and they kept it a secret.
- Jenny Lerner: That was just the creation of the atom bomb.”
O'Neal Compton - Morten Entrekin
Téa Leoni - Jenny Lerner

“Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?”

John Travolta - Vic Deakins

“You can't see it... you can't feel it... and you can't taste it. But it's here, right now, all around us! It's goin' through you like an X-ray! Right into your cells! What do you think killed all these animals?”

Steve Guttenberg - Stephen Klein

“- Ace Levy: Sir, I don't understand. Who needs a knife in a nuke fight anyway? All you gotta do is push a button, sir.
- Sgt. Zim: Cease fire. Put your hand on that wall trooper. Put your hand on that wall! The enemy can not push a button... if you disable his hand. Medic!”

Jake Busey - Ace Levy
Clancy Brown - Sgt. Zim

“We could give this country the biggest stick in the playground, and I intend to do that.”

Paul Newman - Gen. Leslie R. Groves