“My only regret is that I have but one wife to give to my country.”
Robert Charles Benchley - Mr. Osborne

“- Captain Klaus Woermann: Who's this?
- Dr. Cuza: My son. He died in Spain. Five years ago this month. Fighting on the republican side. Where you in Spain?
- Captain Klaus Woermann: If I were, I would have been in the Thälmann brigade. The anti-fascist Germans. Your son and I, we would have been fighting on the same side. But no, I wasn't.”

Jürgen Prochnow - Woermann
Sir Ian McKellen - Dr. Theodore Cuza

They say the number one killer of old people is retirement. People got 'em a job to do, they tend to live a little longer so they can do it. I've always figured warriors and their enemies share the same relationship. So, now you ain't gonna hafta face your enemy on the battlefield no more, which "R" are you filled with: relief or regret?
Michael Madsen - Budd

“- July Johnson: It was my fault! Hell, you told me to stay.
- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: I know I did, son. And I'm sure you wished you had. But yesterday's gone, we can't get it back. Now you go on with your digging.”

Chris Cooper - July Johnson
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae

“Does he think he just did something here? Shit. I could have had a V-8.”
Lela Rochon - Robin Stokes