“- John Shaft Jr.: You can't beat up a woman!
- John Shaft II: Why not?
- John Shaft Jr.: Because she's a woman! That's like, misogynistic!
- John Shaft II: You're the one being misogynistic, I never even mentioned her gender! I'm an equal-opportunity ass-whooper!”
Jessie T. Usher - JJ Shaft
Samuel L. Jackson - John Shaft

“- Michael Fitzsimmons: Gilfond's okay, except that he thinks Hemingway is great literature.
- Peggy Sue: And you don't?
- Michael Fitzsimmons: He's a fisherman. The most overrated writer of the century. I mean, man he is the perfect American Author - fat, violent, drunk.”
Kevin J. O'Connor - Michael Fitzsimmons
Kathleen Turner - Peggy Sue

“Women should be kept illiterate and clean, like canaries.”
Roscoe Karns - Phil Whittaker

“- Dr. Knute Lanyon: Yes. By the way, have I told you how lovely you look tonight?
- Mary Carew: No.
- Dr. Knute Lanyon: That's only because I hate women.”
Tim Thomerson - Dr. Knute Lanyon
Bess Armstrong - Mary Carew

“I tried to stop it. I did everything I could, but they hated her. They hated her so much. They hated that she was smarter than them, they hated being out there with someone who had to squat to piss. I tried to save her. I did everything I could, but I couldn't make them stop.”

Brad Beyer - Bransford