“Witches in days gone by were roasted just like my Vienna sausage.”
Heather Donahue - Herself

“- Jack Crow: Why don't you just kill me and get it over with?
- Cardinal Alba: Because you are needed, Jack. The ceremony is a re-enactment of the original exorcism. It requires the blood of a crusader and his crucifixion upon a burning cross. The climax of the ceremony must coincide with the first rays of the rising sun. Sorry, Jack.”
James Woods - Jack Crow
Maximilian Schell - Cardinal Alba

“- Young Pastor: You speak blasphemy, sir.
- Man in the Yellow Suit: Fluently.”
Sean Pratt - Young Pastor
Ben Kingsley - Man in the Yellow Suit

“- William of Baskerville: You will not eliminate laughter by eliminating that book.
- Jorge de Burgos: No, to be sure, laughter will remain the common man's recreation. But what will happen if, because of this book, learned men were to pronounce it admissable to laugh at everything? Can we laugh at God? The world would relapse into chaos!”
Sir Sean Connery - William von Baskerville
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. - Jorge de Burgos

“- William of Baskerville: She is already burnt flesh, Adso. Bernardo Gui has spoken: she is a witch.
- Adso of Melk: But that's not true, and you know it!
- William of Baskerville: I know. I also know that anyone who disputes the verdict of an Inquisitor is guilty of heresy.”
Sir Sean Connery - William von Baskerville
Christian Slater - Adso von Melk