“Few people on this planet knows what it is to be truly despised. Can you blame them? I earn a living fronting an organization that kills 1200 people a day. The face of cigarettes, the Colonel Sanders of nicotine.”
Aaron Eckhart - Nick Naylor

“In business, we dress for the job we want, not the one we have.”
Kevin Dunn - Mr. Mercer

“- Gaston Monescu: If I were your father, which fortunately I am not, and you made any attempt to handle your own business affairs, I would give you a good spanking - in a business way, of course.
- Madame Mariette Colet: What would you do if you were my secretary?
- Gaston Monescu: The same thing.
- Madame Mariette Colet: You're hired.”
Herbert Marshall - Gaston Monescu
Kay Francis - Madame Mariette Colet

“- Nick Powers: What do you think we're running here?
- Lily: It looks to me like a zoo!”
Robert Barrat - Nick Powers
Barbara Stanwyck - Lily

- Luis Cali: What does your father do, William?
- William "Billy" Tepper: He's a contractor.
- Luis Cali: According to this he owns the third largest construction company in the world.
- William "Billy" Tepper: Yeah, he's a contractor.
Andrew Divoff - Luis Cali
Sean Astin - Billy Tepper