“- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: I want to talk to you about a great political and financial scheme, about this Argentine Canal Company, in fact.
- Sir Robert Chiltern: What a tedious, practical subject for you to talk about Mrs. Cheveley!
- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: I like tedious, practical subjects. What I don't like are tedious, practical people.”
Julianne Moore - Mrs. Laura Cheveley
Jeremy Northam - Sir Robert Chiltern

“It's not an argument, it's dinner talk.”
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Sam Krichinsky

“We're all sort of fellow travelers in a mighty small boat, in a mighty big ocean. And the more we quarrel, criticize and misunderstand each other, the bigger the ocean gets and the smaller the boat.”
Henry Hull - Charles J. Rittenhouse

“The only big fight we've had in years is about whether to go back into couples therapy.”

Kevin Kline - Ben Hood

“- Steven Grlscz: Last time I saw her we had an arguement.
- Sergeant Roche: That must have been quite a row since you didn't make an attempt to see her since then. What was it about?
- Steven Grlscz: She wanted to get married.
- Sergeant Roche: To someone else?
- Steven Grlscz: To me.”

Jude Law - Steven Grlscz
Jack Davenport - Sergeant Roche