“Chivalry is not only dead, it's decomposed.”
Rudy Vallee - J.D. Hackensacker III

“- Ergo: My name is no jest, beanpole. It's all very well to have a short name when you're twenty feet tall, but small people need large names to give them weight.
- Rell the Cyclops: Your actions give you weight, my friend.”
David Battley - Ergo
Bernard Bresslaw - Cyclops

“- Maurine Collier: I just don't understand what went wrong. His whole life he was so grown-up, so polite.
- Karen Collier: War changes people.
- Maurine Collier: War doesn't make you rude to your parents!”

Kathy Bates - Maurine Collier
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Karen Collier

“- Gary Brown: Where did you get your bedside manner? College?
- Chuck Sundberg: No, I was an English major. My medical degree is from Vietnam.”
Richard Thomas - Gary Brown
Bill Geisslinger - Chuck Sundberg

“- Wade: I'm in charge now. I could bury you and Roarke tonight. I could do anything I want with you.
- Gail Hartman: Then go ahead. Don't keep telling me how tough you are, Wade, just show me.”
Kevin Bacon - Wade
Meryl Streep - Gail Hartman