“All we've got going for us is the city. Our only hope is they're mired down in the same shit that you and I have to wade through every day.”
Jason Robards - Chief Rotzinger

“One town, a million troubles. The one and only Thebes. The Big Olive itself. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.”

Danny DeVito - Phil

“- Cole: Fred, your son and some of his friends are a part of this problem.
- Fred Willat: My son and his friends are a part of this goddamn town!”
Richard Jamison - Cole
Andy Romano - Fred Willat

“Bet twenty thousand![the poolhall falls silent]
Oh, did I stutter? Everybody gone all quiet and shit? About a minute ago it was like an evening at the Apollo up in this motherfucker, now all of a sudden it's quiet as a church.”
Mars Callahan - Johnny

“I'm a millionaire! That's the difference. I lose 80 I get another 80. For me it doesn't matter.”
Christopher Walken - Mike