“When the war came it changed everybody's lives. I left my cosy job in an office and volunteered for the Women's Land Army. We all had to pull together to help win the war. We had to grow more food or starve. I chose the Lawrence farm to be near my fiancé Philip who was an officer in the Navy.”
Catherine McCormack - Stella

“- Lilly Raines: I left him, Frank, because I wouldn't quit my job for him. And it did break my heart.
- Frank Horrigan: You vowed never again to ever let a man come between you and your career. Except... now you're in love with me, and it screws your little head up.”

Rene Russo - Lilly Raines
Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan

“- Frank Horrigan: What were to happen if I gave up my job for you?
- Lilly Raines: Why would you do that?
- Frank Horrigan: Well, maybe I vowed to never again let my career come between me and a woman.”
Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan
Rene Russo - Lilly Raines

“- Dave Kovic: I've always wondered about you guys. About how you're trained to take a bullet for the President?
- Duane Stevenson: What about it?
- Dave Kovic: Is that really true? I mean, would you let yourself be killed to save his life?
- Duane Stevenson: Certainly.”
Kevin Kline - Dave Kovic
Ving Rhames - Duane Stevenson

“I've given this country twenty-two damn, fucking years of my life. Twenty-two years! I've seen young boys blown out of the air, over the Pacific. I've seen their guts sprawled all over the rice paddies in Vietnam, so whenever somebody dies for this country, believe me boy, I give a shit!”

Louis Gossett Jr. - Charles "Chappy" Sinclair