“Growing up is so difficult, Anna. The disappointments and the heartbreaks, the frightening problems, the menaces and cruelties of the world.”

Maria Ouspenskaya - Madame von Eln

“- Tim Travis: People are so stupid. I can't bear to live around them any more.
- Sandy Travis: They only get worse.”
Emile Hirsch - Tim Travis
Sigourney Weaver - Sandy Travis

“- Robbie Freeling: Why can't we get a TV, like everybody else.
- Steve Freeling: No! No, we can't get a TV.
- Robbie Freeling: Great! I'll just have to grow up retarded!
- Steve Freeling: Come on, Rob! Kids don't grow up retarder because of lack of television.”
Oliver Robins - Robbie Freeling
Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling

- Johnson: You know what your problem is, Wilson? You need to listen for the pop.
- Wilson: Whoa, whoa. What's "the pop", Johnson?
- Johnson: That's the sound you're gonna make when your head comes out of your ass for the first time.
Russell Richardson - Pvt. Johnson
Shea Whigham - Pvt. Wilson

“- Jeremy Collier: What are these personal problems that I have?
- Karen Collier: I don't know the medical term, but I suppose you could describe it as being a terminal jerk.”
Emilio Estevez - Jeremy Collier
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Karen Collier