“- Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff: Have you ever had any experience as a kidnapper?
- Baravelli: You bet. You know what I do when I kidnap somebody? First I call them up on the telephone, then I send them my chauffeur.”
Groucho Marx - Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff
Chico Marx - Baravelli

“- Col. Nick Alexander: The Algerian Commandos are going to break into the plane.
- Ingrid: No, don't. All the hostages in Beirut, they'll kill them all.
- Col. Nick Alexander: What hostages?
- Ingrid: The guys from the navy and all the Jews they took off the plane when the other hijackers came on.”
Lee Marvin - Col. Nick Alexander
Hanna Schygulla - Ingrid

“Run for it? Running's not a plan! Running's what you do, once a plan fails!”
Fred Ward - Earl Bassett

“My God, man. How long have I been here? Am I really awake, or am I just dreamin' I'm awake? How could my plans have gone so wrong?”
Bruce Campbell - Elvis Presley

“Failure hurts, kid. I want you to have a back-up plan.”
Danny McBride - Rick Mitchell