“- 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

- 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

“- Moe Plimpton: I don't like to throw things away.
- David Edgar Greenhill: Well, Moe, sometimes you got to get rid of the old to make way for the new.”
Jack Warden - Moe Plimpton
Don Johnson - David Edgar Greenhill

“You can't stop today as it comes speeding down the track! Child, yesterday is history, and it's never coming back!”

Queen Latifah - Motormouth Maybelle

“I'm 67 years old. Every day, the future looks a little bit darker. But the past, even the grimy parts of it, keep on getting brighter.”
Carla Gugino - Sally Jupiter