- Scott Crossfield: You want a pilot to become a balistic missile. And then splash down - possibly get lost at sea.
- Pancho Barnes: See, some peckerwood's gotta get the thing up. And some peckerwood's gotta land the son of a bitch. And that "peckerwood" is called a "pilot".
Scott Wilson - Scott Crossfield
Kim Stanley - Pancho Barnes

“Do you know that the leading cause of death for beavers is falling trees?”
Nicole Kidman - Silvia Broome

“- Robert Angier: I thought you said I'd have to get my hands dirty.
- Cutter: Maybe someday you will; I just needed to know that you could.”
Hugh Jackman - Robert Angier
Sir Michael Caine - Cutter

“I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.”
Oprah Winfrey

“You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you're doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle.”
George Lucas