“- Bret Maverick: See that hawk? You know what it means?
- Annabelle Bransford: No. What does it mean?
- Bret Maverick: Nothing. But you didn't know that did you?”
Mel Gibson - Bret Maverick
Jodie Foster - Annabelle Bransford

“It's not like anybody knows what anything means, right? It's not like anybody knows that. So at least I know I don't know what I mean, which is better than most people. They probably think they know what they mean, not just what they think they mean.”

Sean Penn - Eddie

“Sometimes it's not enough to know the meaning of things, sometimes we have to know what things don't mean as well. Like what does it mean to not know what the person you love is capable of?”
Bob Dylan - Jack Fate

“- Ethan Glance: I'm your backup, okay? I'm on a need to know basis!
- Frank Corvin: You don't need to know dick, and I don't need a backup.”
Loren Dean - Ethan Glance
Clint Eastwood - Frank Corvin

“- Jenny Lerner: We know everything.
- Alan Rittenhouse: Nobody knows everything.”
Téa Leoni - Jenny Lerner
James Cromwell - Alan Rittenhouse