“Hey, you want some good parental advice? Don't listen to me.”

Jeff Goldblum - Ian Malcolm

- Donna Mildred Martin: The only advice my Mom ever gave me was, "Don't live in the same city as your parents".
- David Basner: What crappy advice. I can't get my parents to move.
Bess Armstrong - Donna Mildred Martin
Tom Hanks - David Basner

“- Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary: May I suggest, if you're dressing to please Stephen, not that one. He doesn't like such obvious effects.
- Crystal Allen: Thanks for the tip. But when anything I wear doesn't please Stephen, I take it off.”
Norma Shearer - Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary
Joan Crawford - Crystal Allen

- Mrs. John Day - Peggy: Listen to the wheels, don't they seem to be saying something?
- Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary: No.
- Mrs. John Day - Peggy: Don't they seem to be saying "Go back, go back, go back, go back?".

Joan Fontaine - Mrs. John Day - Peggy
Norma Shearer - Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary

“Another piece of motherly advice. Don't confide in your girlfriends. If you let them advise you, they will see to it, in the name of friendship, that you lose your husband and your home.”

Lucile Watson - Mrs. Morehead