“- Skip: Yah man, I mean those boys are gettin' too big for their boots man.
- Billy Z: Whatever you say, Skip.
- Skip: Aw man c'mon, don't you get it? Those kids are gettin' offers man.
- Billy Z: So why don't you cut 'em in on some of the profits?
- Skip: What profits dickhead? This is a surf shop!”

Heath Ledger - Skip
Elden Henson - Billy Z

“It's not the profit. It's the pleasure.”

Dennis Quaid - Bowen

“- Management: I never said all is for nothing. I'm a businessman, Mr. Leth, nothing is for nothing. Ex inordinateo veni pecunia.
- Qohen Leth: What?
- Management: There's money in orderingdisorder. Chaos pays, Mr. Leth.”
Matt Damon - Management
Christoph Waltz - Qohen Leth

“Do you think I would do what I did to my country for money! I hate mercenaries!”
James Woods - Walker

“- Navin: I've already given away eight pencils, two hoola dolls, and an ashtray, and I've only taken in fifteen dollars.
- Frosty: Navin, you have taken in fifteen dollars and given away fifty cents worth of crap, which gives us a net profit of fourteen dollars and fifty cents.”
Steve Martin - Navin
Dick O'Neill - Frosty