“- Snickers: Guys, we got some good news and some bad news.
- Almond Joy: The good news is, you'll be completely un-paralyzed in about two minutes.
- Snickers: The bad news is, that only leaves you five seconds to defuse the bombs.”
Don Harvey - Snickers
Lorraine Toussaint - Almond Joy

“- Marcus Burnett: What am I smellin'?
- Julie Mott: [sees barrels of ether hanging in the back of the van. Reads the label] Ether. Extremely... flammable... ether. Oh shit!
- Mike Lowrey: God-damn...
- Marcus Burnett: Oh, you da man. Oh you're the fuckin' man tonight! You go and pick an ice-cream truck that's a damn bomb!”

Martin Lawrence - Marcus Burnett
Téa Leoni - Julie Mott
Will Smith - Mike Lowrey

“Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?”
Dennis Hopper - Howard Payne

“- Stephens: Did you have any luck with the bomb?
- Jack Traven: Yeah, it didn't go off.”

Alan Ruck - Stephens
Keanu Reeves - Jack Traven

“A bomb is made to explode. That's its meaning. Its purpose. Your life is empty because you spend it trying to stop the bomb from becoming. And for who? For what? You know what a bomb is, Jack, that doesn't explode?”
Dennis Hopper - Howard Payne