“Do you not know that in a woman eagerness passes for weakness?”
Robert Bice - Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

“- Roger Swanson: Why give into a slump? Let's go down swinging.
- Nick: Like Michael Jordan.
- Roger Swanson: That's the wrong sport, but I like your enthusiasm.”
George C. Scott - Roger Swanson
Jesse Eisenberg - Nick

- Miss Luther: I can't tell you how interested I was in your discussion of "Twelfth Night". It was so intelligent.
- Terry Randall: Oh, thank you very much. I'm afraid that the rest of the inmates didn't share your enthusiasm.
Constance Collier - Miss Luther
Katharine Hepburn - Terry Randall

“It's something only a twisted, antisocial, anarchistic, pissed-off malcontent would have anything to do with... [triumphantly] You have your inside man!”

Steve Valentine - Barry Greenhouse

“Don't be like me. Salvation doesn't lie within four walls. I'm too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional. Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.”
Alain Cuny - Steiner