“I like to keep my ears open. It's amazing what you can learn listening to chatter.”
Steve Carrell - Maxwell Smart

“- Herger - Joyous: Where did you learn our language?
- Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: I listened!”
Dennis Storhøi - Herger - Joyous
Antonio Banderas - Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan

“- Billy Kwan: You might learn something.
- Guy Hamilton: I doubt it. The British don't let much slip.
- Billy Kwan: Oh, yes they do. They're just more subtle. You ought to listen harder.”
Linda Hunt - Billy Kwan
Mel Gibson - Guy Hamilton

“I accept the responsibility with a sense of both humility, satisfaction and gratitude.”

Raymond Walburn - Mayor Everett J. Noble

“- Malcolm: The lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here... staggers me.
- Gennaro: Thank you, Dr. Malcolm, but I think things are a little bit different then you and I had feared.
- Malcolm: Yeah, I know. They're a lot worse.”
Jeff Goldblum - Malcolm
Martin Ferrero - Gennaro