- Orville "Turkey" Jackson: The dead have a way of coming back.
- Jeff Peters: Get out, when they're dead they're dead.
Bob Hope - Orville "Turkey" Jackson
Bing Crosby - Jeff Peters

“- Jack Morris: You know I.C.? Colored fellow at the service station?
- Ellen Morris: Sure.
- Jack Morris: His son came back from Europe today.
- Ellen Morris: Wonderful.
- Jack Morris: In a box.”
Kevin Bacon - Jack Morris
Diane Lane - Ellen Morris

“- Kelly: Shut that son of a bitch down, now! This ain't what I signed on for. I'm not ready to die, not for you.
- Vic Deakins: Everybody dies, Kelly. I'm as good a reason as any.”

Howie Long - Kelly
John Travolta - Vic Deakins

“There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.”
Adolphe Menjou - Gen. George Broulard

“Sometimes I wonder if I've changed so much, my wife is even gonna recognize me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I'll ever be able to tell about days like today.”
Tom Hanks - Captain Miller