“- Maureen Cutter, 'Mo': What'll it be, Alex - coffee or sleep?
- Alex Cutter: Any other choices?”

Lisa Eichhorn - Mo'
John Heard - Alex Cutter

“- Larry: What you gettin'?
- Frank Pierce: I'm not hungry.
- Larry: Oh yeah, you don't eat food.
- Frank Pierce: I eat, I just haven't had coffee yet.
- Larry: Coffee and whiskey, lucky you ain't dead with that diet.”
John Goodman - Larry
Nicolas Cage - Frank Pierce

“Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whisky. Whiskey is a slap on the back and champagne's heavey mist before my eyes.”
James Stewart - Macaulay Connor

“- Dave Whiteman: I thought we weren't going to drink anymore.
- Barbara Whiteman: Well, Dave. Yeah, it's true. I am a vegetarian. But I hear that vodka comes from a potato!”

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Dave Whiteman
Bette Midler - Barbara Whiteman

“- Mattie Ross: I hope you don't think I'm going to keep you in whiskey?
- Rooster Cogburn: I don't buy that, I confiscate it. And a touch of it wouldn't do you any harm against the night air!
- Mattie Ross: I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains!”
Kim Darby - Mattie Ross
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn