“- Freedonia's Secretary of War #1: That's the last straw, I resign! I wash my hands of the whole business!
- Rufus T. Firefly: Good idea, you can wash your neck, too!”

Edwin Maxwell - Freedonia's Secretary of War #1
Groucho Marx - Rufus T. Firefly

“- Gil Renard: My father started this business.
- Garrity: Look, perfection and principles, they don't belong in business. Not now or then. As a friend of your father's...
- Gil Renard: As a friend of my father - Keep your mouth shut. You know nothing about my father.”

Robert De Niro - Gil Renard
Dan Butler - Garrity

“- Gil Renard: He made this business.
- Garrity: Your father made beautiful knives. San Francisco made this business.”

Robert De Niro - Gil Renard
Dan Butler - Garrity

- Luis Cali: What does your father do, William?
- William "Billy" Tepper: He's a contractor.
- Luis Cali: According to this he owns the third largest construction company in the world.
- William "Billy" Tepper: Yeah, he's a contractor.
Andrew Divoff - Luis Cali
Sean Astin - Billy Tepper

“- Jack: No time for regrets, Elvis. We were the best fathers we could be under the circumstances.
- Elvis Presley: Yeah, I guess, no time for regrets. We got business to take care of.”
Ossie Davis - Jack
Bruce Campbell - Elvis Presley