“- Michael Cutler: How long will it take?
- Lincoln Hawk: I've got one more pick up. And say, two to three days, we'll be in California. And your mother doesn't go into surgery, say, until Wednesday morning.
- Michael Cutler: Do you really think you can make up 10 years in two to three days?
- Lincoln Hawk: No.”
David Mendenhall - Michael Cutler
Sylvester Stallone - Lincoln Hawk

“- Katarina Stratford: You can't just buy me a guitar every time you screw up, you know?
- Patrick Verona: Yeah, I know. But then, you know, there's always drums, and bass, and maybe even one day a tambourine.”

Julia Stiles - Katarina Stratford
Heath Ledger - Patrick Verona

“Anger, vanity, you mix that together with liquor, you've got two brothers that haven't spoken in ten years. Ah, whatever it was that made me and Lyle so mad... don't matter anymore. I want to make peace, I want to sit with him, look up at the stars... like we used to do, so long ago.”
Richard Farnsworth - Alvin

“- Alvin Straight: Well, they may be mad. I don't think they're mad enough to want to lose you, or your little problem.
- Crystal: I don't know about that.
- Alvin Straight: Well, of course, neither do I, but a warm bed and a roof sounds a mite better than eating a hot dog on a stick with an old geezer that's travelling on a lawnmower.”

Richard Farnsworth - Alvin
Anastasia Webb - Crystal

“I hope you and I can be very good friends, one day. Well, I know we are. I want us to... I want us to be more than just friends. I want you to think of me as your dad.”

Lee Richardson - Anton Bartok