“- Meyer Lansky: We gotta get tough with Masseria and Faranzano. Only, we can't afford a war. They got armies; we don't.
- Arnold Rothstein: We got balls and brains; you got those, you don't need an army...”
Patrick Dempsey - Meyer Lansky
F. Murray Abraham - Arnold Rothstein

“A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.”
Mako - Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

“The smart enemy attacks you exactly where you think you are safe.”
Colm Feore - Adm. Husband E. Kimmel

“- Helen O'Donnell: And while you're under a rock somewhere with the President, what am I supposed to do with our five children, Kenny?
- Kenny O'Donnell: Honey, we're not going to let it come to that, I promise. Jack and Bobby, they're smart guys.
- Helen O'Donnell: You're smart, too.
- Kenny O'Donnell: Not like them.”
Lucinda Jenney - Helen O'Donnell
Kevin Costner - Kenny O'Donnell

“An intelligence agency that fears intelligence? Historically, not awesome.”

Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark