“Where any other person would die of thirst in a few days, they live quite contentedly in this desert that doesn't look like a desert. They know where to dig for roots and bugs and tubers, and which berries and pods are good to eat. And of course they know what to do about water.”

Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator

“- Chuck Clarke: Take one sip at a time. That water has to last you about another 48 minutes.
- Lyle Rogers: Why, what happens then?
- Chuck Clarke: We run out of water.”

Dustin Hoffman - Chuck Clarke
Warren Beatty - Lyle Rogers

“- Jim Parker: Isn't that - water up ahead?
- David Herdeg: No. This is a desert. And that's a mirage.
- Jim Parker: How much longer you think this mirage is gonna last?”

Bobby Di Cicco - Jim Parker
Michael Paré - David Herdeg

“You'll see what I mean, if you're still here when the rains come. You'll see them overnight turn the fields, the gardens and the jungles from a parched and burning desert, into a mass of green that seems to live, to writhe and to devour the walls, the trees and the houses.”

George Brent - Tom Ransome

“All life begins with water. So think of it this way, I'm givin' you life.”

Jon Voight - Mr. Sir