“- Sarah Williams: I don't want to watch you turn into a cog in their machine.
- Fielding Pierce: That's so fucking condescending. Sometimes cogs can make machines run a little but better.
- Sarah Williams: Sometimes yes. Mostly they turn in circles and wear out. Then they get replaced.”
Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Sarah Williams
Billy Crudup - Fielding Pierce

“- Jimmy Dix: He was a scumbag private detective.
- Joe Hallenbeck: All private detectives are scumbags.
- Jimmy Dix: That scumbag tried to get you killed.
- Joe Hallenbeck: Friends can't be perfect.”

Damon Wayans - Jimmy Dix
Bruce Willis - Joe Hallenbeck

“You broke the unwritten law. You ratted on your friends. When you do that Frankie, your enemies don't respect you. You got no friends no more. You got nobody, Frankie.”
Tim Blaney - Number 5

“- Pete Van Heuten: Jesus, Charlie, we were friends! It doesn't make you angry?
- Charlie Arglist: Actually, it makes me curious. It makes me wonder who she's fucking now.”

Oliver Platt - Pete Van Heuten
John Cusack - Charlie Arglist

“- Putty Nose: I've always been your friend.
- Tom Powers: Sure, you taught us how to cheat, steal and kill. And then you lambed out on us.”
Murray Kinnell - Putty Nose
James Cagney - Tom Powers