“Something's wrong with the Nite Owl. I know it in here [points to his chest], I know it. That prick Exley shot the wrong guys. Whoever killed my partner, is still out there. If I could work cases like a real detective, I could prove it.”

Russell Crowe - Bud White

“- Paco: Look at Bobby tackle. I haven't seen a tackle like that since Joe Montana.
- Walter: Joe Montana was a quarterback, you idiot.
- Paco: I said Joe Mantegna.”
Clint Howard - Paco
Allen Covert - Walter

“Sometimes it gets a lot of wrong answers to get to the right one.”
Michelle Pfeiffer - Louanne Johnson

“- Harry Hogge: I want you to go back out on that track and hit the pace car.
- Cole Trickle: Hit the pace car?
- Harry Hogge: Hit the pace car.
- Cole Trickle: What for?
- Harry Hogge: Because you've hit every other goddamned thing out there, I want you to be perfect.”
Robert Duvall - Harry Hogge
Tom Cruise - Cole Trickle

“- Ellen Griswold: Clark, you're driving on the wrong side of the road!
- Clark Griswold: I realize that honey. I'm also on the wrong side of the car.”

Beverly D'Angelo - Ellen Griswold
Chevy Chase - Clark Griswold