“- Andrew Beckett: What do you call a thousand lawyers chained together at the bottom of the ocean?
- Joe Miller: [amused,sitting next to him on the hospital bed] I don't know.
- Andrew Beckett: A good start.”

Tom Hanks - Andrew Beckett
Denzel Washington - Joe Miller

“- Terry: Pat, I'd be careful.
- Joe: God bless you. Is it bad? Am I going to go blind?
- Patricia: I don't know.
- Joe: Please take me to a hospital.”

Diana Scarwid - Terry
James Russo - Joe
Alfre Woodard - Patricia

“- Penny Escher: What are we doing here?
- Karen Eiffel: You told me I needed visual stimulation.
- Penny Escher: I meant a museum or something.
- Karen Eiffel: I don't need a museum. I need the infirm.
- Penny Escher: You are the infirm.”

Queen Latifah - Penny Escher
Emma Thompson - Karen Eiffel

“So this is death's waiting room.”

Sean Penn - Paul Rivers

“You wanna go to medical school? Students there can always use something to learn on!”

Al Pacino - Starkman