“People always thought I grew up on a farm. And I guess, in a way, I did. But I lived a lifetime before that, in those six weeks on the road in the winter of 1931. When people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man, or if there was just no good in him at all, I always give the same answer. I just tell them... he was my father.”

Tyler Hoechlin - Michael Sullivan Jr.

- Bobby Garfield: Ted, "my father never bought a drunk a drink". What does that mean exactly?
- Ted Brautigan: It means he was a good man, he was honest, and he never added to the troubles of the world. Okay? Good night.
Anton Yelchin - Bobby Garfield
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Ted Brautigan

“I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.”

Jake Gyllenhaal - Homer Hickam

“- Charles Halloway: You are known in this town. My father knew you.
- Mr. Dark: Your father? The preacher? That half-man?
- Charles Halloway: He lived on goodness.”
Jason Robards - Charles Halloway
Jonathan Pryce - Mr. Dark

“Having you in his life doesn't mean less for me. It means more for him.”

James Hong - Mr. Ping