“You know what cops do when they retire? They play golf. I don't want to play golf. I hate fucking golf.”
Bruce Willis - Jeff Talley

“- Danny Costanzo: We can move down here.
- Ray Hughes: No, being a cop down here wouldn't be the same.
- Danny Costanzo: I don't mean being a cop. I mean to quit, retire, be a regular person.
- Ray Hughes: Regular people suck!
- Danny Costanzo: Maybe, but they hardly ever get shot.”
Billy Crystal - Danny Costanzo
Gregory Hines - Ray Hughes

“Trying to make these policemen understand something is harder than doing it yourself.”
Billie Burke - Mrs. Topper

“It's not cool that you start showing up around here in your cop uniform, then people will start getting the impression that we're in trouble!”

Jeremy Sisto - Larry Pogue, Sr.

“- Coop: You're getting some serious shit for that. Cops are gonna be all over us.
- Gil Renard: Boy, all of a sudden you lost your sense of humor.”

Charles Hallahan - Coop
Robert De Niro - Gil Renard