“- Martin: I built this company with my two own hands. Just me, that computer and an eight million dollar loan from my father.
- James King: You really did it all on your own.”
Craig T. Nelson - Martin
Will Ferrell - James

“- Car Thief: So you shoot me?
- Jerry Welbach: It's the American way.”
Richard Coca - Car Thief
Brad Pitt - Jerry Welbach

“Killing is my business, and business is good!”
Damon Wayans - Maj. Benson Payne

“- Sim Carstairs: Ten year I been ferryin' Kansas Redlegs, Union cavalry, Missouri guerillas... you name it. Mad dogs them guerillas. You look sideways at 'em...
[snaps a rope like a noose]
- Sim Carstairs: ... They kill ya.
- Carpetbagger: Sound like hard men to do business with.”
William O'Connell - Sim Carstairs
Woodrow Parfrey - Carpetbagger

“They'll be shooting each other like rabbits for the control of the booze business!”

Tully Marshall - Managing Editor