“- Finnerty: John Cale, why do you want to be in the Secret Service?
- Cale: I can't think of a more important job than protecting the President.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Finnerty
Channing Tatum - Cale

“- Jack Traven: Tell me again Harry, why did I take this job?
- Harry: Oh come on, thirty more years of this, you get a tiny pension and a cheap gold watch.
- Jack Traven: Cool.”

Keanu Reeves - Jack Traven
Jeff Daniels - Harry

“- Lyman: Dooley, what is it about me that makes you so passionate?
- Dooley: Well, it's not your looks, Lyman. I guess it's your job.
- Lyman: And knowing your methods of law enforcement, I don't suppose that you have a search warrant?
- Dooley: Dog ate it. You can hang around his tail for an hour.”
Kevin Tighe - Lyman
Jim Belushi - Dooley

“- Tony Carlson: I play detective. You play lady in distress.
- Gloria Mundy: Hey, wait a minute. It's my ass they're after.
- Tony Carlson: I'm sorry. You're right. That was a stupid, glib, chauvinist remark and I apologize. It is your ass they're after, and it's my job to see to it that... I get there first.”
Chevy Chase - Tony Carlson
Goldie Hawn - Gloria Mundy

“- The Detective: Today's your lucky day. I'm feeling generous. I'm gonna give you a choice. You and your boys can do one more job. A bank, a nice big one, for free. You're just going to hire a new driver, that's all. A good one.
- Glasses: I don't work with cops.”
Bruce Dern - The Detective
Joseph Walsh - Glasses