“- Coffee Man: Hey buddy. You forgot your change.
- Joe Moore: Makes the world go round.
- Bobby 'Bob' Blane: What's that?
- Joe Moore: Gold.
- Bobby 'Bob' Blane: Some people say love.
- Joe Moore: Well, they're right, too. It is love. Love of gold.”
Tony Calabretta - Coffee Man
Gene Hackman - Joe Moore
Delroy Lindo - Bobby 'Bob' Blane

“- Governor Ratcliffe: Wiggins, why do you think those insolent heathens attacked us?
- Wiggins: Because we invaded their land and cut down their trees and dug up their earth?
- Governor Ratcliffe: It's the gold! They have it and they don't want us to take it from them. Well, I'll just have to take it by force then, won't I?”
David Ogden Stiers - Governor Ratcliffe
David Ogden Stiers - Wiggins

“- Governor Ratcliffe: It's time to start digging.
- Ben: Digging?
- Governor Ratcliffe: Why, of course. Let's not forget what the Spanish found when they came to the New World. Gold! Mountains of it. Why, for years they've been ravaging the New World of its most precious resources. But now it's our turn.”
David Ogden Stiers - Governor Ratcliffe
Billy Connolly - Ben

“Man had been created with a hole in his heart, a hole that no possession, power, or knowledge could fill. And in his infinite greed, man dreamed of expanding his dominion over the entire Earth.”
Sir John Hurt - Professor Broom

“The humans have forgotten the gods, destroyed the Earth, and for what? Parking lots? Shopping malls? Greed had burned a hole in their hearts that will never be filled! They will never have enough!”
Luke Goss - Prince Nuada