“- Lou Bloom: Bloody?
- Nina Romina: The best and clearest way that I can phrase it for you, is think of our news cast as a screaming woman running down the street with her throat cut.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Lou Bloom
Rene Russo - Nina Romina

“- Walter Burns: You've got the brain of a pancake. This isn't just a story you're covering - it's a revolution. This is the greatest yarn in journalism since Livingstone discovered Stanley.
- Hildy Johnson: It's the other way around.”
Cary Grant - Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell - Hildy Johnson

“- John Jones: Foreign correspondent, huh?
- Mr. Powers: No, reporter. I don't want correspondence, I want news.”

Joel McCrea - John Jones
Harry Davenport - Mr. Powers

“News is what happens. Time is only an illusion!”
John Philliber - Pop Benson

“- Kevin Hollander: I'm who Americans trust for their news.
- Brackett: You really shouldn't let a marketing slogan go your head.”
Alan Alda - Kevin Hollander
Dustin Hoffman - Brackett