“- July Johnson: It was my fault! Hell, you told me to stay.
- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: I know I did, son. And I'm sure you wished you had. But yesterday's gone, we can't get it back. Now you go on with your digging.”

Chris Cooper - July Johnson
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae

“Of all the things I regret I did, the ones I didn't are the ones I mourn the most.”
Shirley Knight - Ann Butterfield

“How can you be sure what will do harm to another man? Personally, I know of only two real evils in life: Remorse and sickness. And happiness is the absence of those two evils.”
Vyacheslav Tikhonov - Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

“I'm sorry I was so rude before... but... it's difficult for me... to... express myself... when I am on the verge of... exploding in my pants.”
Adam Sandler - Dave Buznik

“- Nina Chance: You expect me to violate everything I was ever taught? I have duties.
- Detective Regis: Yeah, and your duties can send an innocent man to jail for the rest of his life. You wanna live with that?
- Nina Chance: Yes, and I think you better leave.”
Diane Lane - Nina Chance
Wesley Snipes - Detective Regis