“- Sydney Schanberg: I got a story to get to New York!
- Dith Pran: Don't leave me!
- Sydney Schanberg: I won't leave you.”
Sam Waterston - Sydney Schanberg
Haing S. Ngor - Dith Pran

“Here in St. Cloud's not even the decision to get off the train is easily made, for it requires an earlier, more difficult decision - add a child to your life, or leave one behind. The only reason people journey here is for the orphanage.”

Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Wilbur Larch

My mum always said: "It's a dog-eat-dog world, son. You get them before they get you. Eat your greens. Stop embarrassing me in front of the neighbors. Maybe it would best if you leave home and never come back!". She wasn't even my real mum. She bought me from a man.
Jason Barry - Valentine

“Some day you'll have my children. In fact, they're in the car if you want them.”
John Turturro - Roland T. Flakfizer

“- Air Conditioner: We've been dumped! Abandoned!
- Blanky: But he loved us.
- The Radio: That's right.
- Air Conditioner: So what? He's a kid. He has a family. They move away, he moves away. It's a packaged deal.”
Phil Hartman - Air Conditioner
Timothy E. Day - Blanky
Jon Lovitz - Radio