“- Philip Edwards: Perhaps you find in books what I try to find in people.
- Elena Hood: That sounds vaguely like an insult.”
Michael Cumpsty - Philip Edwards
Joan Allen - Elena Hood

“I don't know a lot about everything, but I do know a lot about the part of everything that I know, which is people.”
Kirsten Dunst - Claire Colburn

“I like all of God's creatures. I just like some of them better stuffed.”
Gena Rowlands - Ramona Calvert

“Aborigines don't own the land. They belong to it. It's like their mother. See those rocks? Been standing there for 600 million years. Still be there when you and I are gone. So arguing over who owns them is like two fleas arguing over who owns the dog they live on.”
Paul Hogan - Michael J. “Crocodile” Dundee

“- Ben Cronin: Scouts are coming next week.
- Mr. Tillman: Girl scouts?
- Ben Cronin: No, swimming scouts from Stanford.”
Jesse Bradford - Ben Cronin
Michael Higgins - Mr. Tillman