“- Chris Nielsen: Where is God in all of this?
- Albert Lewis: Oh, he's up there. Somewhere shouting down that he loves us. Wondering why we can't hear him. You think?”
Robin Williams - Chris Nielsen
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Albert Lewis

“1,500 people went into the sea when Titanic sank from under us. There were 20 boats floating nearby and only one came back. One. 6 were saved from the water, myself included. 6... out of 1,500. Afterward, the 700 people in the boats had nothing to do but wait. Wait to die, wait to live, wait for an absolution that would never come.”
Gloria Stewart - Old Rose

“- Barbara Porter: Look, I know your grandpa's not great with you girls...
- Melanie Porter: Mom, that's like saying the Titanic's not great with icebergs.”
Doran Clark - Barbara Porter
Mary-Kate Olsen - Melanie Porter

“Marla's philosophy of life is that she might die at any moment. The tragedy, she said, was that she didn't.”
Edward Norton - The Narrator

“Life is like that. Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.”
Jean Shepherd - Ralphie as an Adult