“- Rose: What's a 'jarhead'?
- Eddie Birdlace: That's just what we call ourselves. You see, I'm a United States marine. It's okay if we say it but if a squid says it, you know, a sailor? Then it's fist city. But it's alright if a woman says it... especially if she can sing as good as you can.
- Rose: Thanks. Thanks very much. Jarhead.”
Lili Taylor - Rose
River Phoenix - Eddie Birdlace

“Don't say anything. Your words would be useless, maybe even insulting. Just fly the damn plane.”
Warren Clarke - Pavel Upenskoy

“I don't think there's one word that can describe a man's life.”

William Alland - Jerry Thompson

- Newswoman: If you could've found out what "Rosebud" meant, I bet that would've explained everything.
- Jerry Thompson: I don't think so; Mr. Kane was a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it. Maybe "Rosebud" was something he couldn't get, or something he lost.
Petra R. de Silva - Newswoman
William Alland - Jerry Thompson

“What she meant we'll never know. It's what she said that counts.”
Laird Cregar - Ed Cornell