- Dr. Jerome Davenport: "Regard without ill-will despite an offense”, that's Webster's definition of forgiveness.
- Antwone Fisher: Why do I have to forgive?
- Dr. Jerome Davenport: So you can get on with your life.
Denzel Washington - Dr. Jerome Davenport
Derek Luke - Antwone Fisher

“- Francis Phelan: How are you doing, Margaret?
- Peg: I'm doing fine. No thanks to you.
- Francis Phelan: Yep.
- Billy Phelan: Let's give the man a break, for chrissake. He just got here.
- Peg: What break did he ever give me? Or you? You don't just pop up here one day and all is forgiven.”
Jack Nicholson - Francis Phelan
Diane Venora - Peg
Michael O'Keefe - Billy

“There's no future for people like you and me, Nick. The places we come from - plant towns, mill towns, small lives! No future, just more of the same! You want a future you got to stand up and steal it.”
Charlize Theron - Ashley

“- Steven Taylor: When you wake up tomorrow, all this will seem like a baddream.
- Emily Bradford Taylor: What if there is no tomorrow?”
Michael Douglas - Steven Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow - Emily Bradford Taylor

“I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.”
John Carroll Lynch - Tadhg