“There I was, everybody making a hero of me. I accepted it because I didn't have guts enough to refuse it. It went on, and on - the honors piled up. And every one I got made it more impossible to tell the truth.”

Berton Churchill - Mr. Winston

“- Ellen Griswold: We can't leave her on the patio!
- Clark Griswold: Would you rather I slipped her in the night deposit box at the funeral home?”

Beverly D'Angelo - Ellen Griswold
Chevy Chase - Clark Griswold

“- Ellen Griswold: Lord, we loved this woman with all our heart.
- Audrey Griswold: Let's not overdo it, mom.
- Ellen Griswold: Shut up.”
Beverly D'Angelo - Ellen Griswold
Dana Barron - Audrey Griswold

“- Sherlock Holmes: The young lady is taking her mother to Scotland for burial.
- Inspector Lestrade: In a coffin?
- Sherlock Holmes: That is the customary method, I believe.”
Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes
Dennis Hoey - Inspector Lestrade

“Now when you go in the grave, and you're just laying there in the casket - the last hurrah, the final goodbye - what are you gonna think about, Bill?”
Mark Borchardt - Filmmaker