“- Frank Corvin: Hawk, this isn't a stripped-down showplane. You've got to do it their way.
- Hawk Hawkins: I don't need a damn computer to tell me how to land an aircraft.
- Roger Hines: It's not an aircraft, Colonel. It's a flying brick, and you've got to use the computer's protocols.”

Clint Eastwood - Frank Corvin
Tommy Lee Jones - Hawk Hawkins
Courtney B. Vance - Roger Hines

“- Michael Zane: Finish your fries.
- Jesse Waingrow: You can't tell me what to do. You're not my dad.
- Michael Zane: Didn't anybody ever tell you about starving kids in Africa?
- Jesse Waingrow: Why? Are you gonna send them my fries?”
Kurt Russell - Michael Zane
David Kaye - Jesse Waingrow

“- Male Heavenly Voice: Those are the rules and that's all there is to it.
- Female Heavenly Voice: On the other hand, dear, rules were made to be broken.
- Male Heavenly Voice: We'll talk about that later.
- Female Heavenly Voice: Which is later?”
Wilfrid Hyde-White - Heavenly Voice - Male
Coral Browne - Heavenly Voice - Female

“- Scary Spice: I'll move that fairground horse to there. Sort that out!
- Ginger Spice: You can't do that!
- Scary Spice: Says who?
- Ginger Spice: Says Mr. Chess! It's been in the rules for thousands of years!
- Scary Spice: Well I'm gonna break the rules and set this little fairground horse free amonst all these little square fields, like that.”

Melanie Brown - Scary Spice
Geri Horner - Ginger Spice

“- Dr. Niles: He had the right qualifications.
- Pete Blanchard: Such as?
- Dr. Niles: He was the only one crazy enough to do it.
- Pete Blanchard: Let me tell you about Pendleton: he could have been one of the best, but he hates authority, can't take orders, and likes to make up his own rules.”

Mark L. Taylor - Dr. Niles
Harold Sylvester - Pete Blanchard