“- Michael McPhee: It has an ice crusher!
- Nora McPhee: Don't crush ice! Don't crush anything! It's a mistake! It doesn't belong to us!”

Matthew Broderick - Michael McPhee
Marsha Mason - Nora McPhee

- Jeannine: Can you ever break the ball?
- Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You can't break the ball. Can't break the floor. Can't break anything in a bowling alley. And that's what I like about bowling alleys. Can't even break the record.
Elizabeth McGovern - Jeannine
Timothy Hutton - Conrad

“If you want to chase your dreams, sometimes you gotta break the rules, right?”
James Kirk - Sebastian

“Sometimes you gotta break the rules. You never know when you're gonna get something inspired.”
Marc Blucas - James Lansome

“My father told me if I was hard enough, I wouldn't break. He lied. Everything breaks.”
Ryan Gosling - Roy Chutney