“- Gordie: Maybe you could come into the college courses with me.
- Chris: Yeah right, that'll be the day.
- Gordie: Why not? You're smart enough.
- Chris: They won't let me.
- Gordie: What do you mean?
- Chris: It's what everyone thinks of my family in this town. It's what they think of me. I'm just one of those low-life Chambers kids.”
Wil Wheaton - Gordie Lachance
River Phoenix - Chris Chambers

“- Chris: You'll be taking your college courses, and me, Teddy, and Vern will all be in the shop courses with the rest of the retards, making ash trays and bird houses. You're gonna meet a lot of new guys. Smart guys.
- Gordie: A lot of pussies is what you mean.
- Chris: No, man. Don't say that. Don't even think that.”
River Phoenix - Chris Chambers
Wil Wheaton - Gordie Lachance

“- Sarah Harding: Don't light that! Dinosaurs pick up scents from miles away. We're here to observe and document, not interact.
- Ian Malcolm: Which is a scientific impossibility.”
Julianne Moore - Sarah Harding
Jeff Goldblum - Ian Malcolm

“Everything I've ever cared about, everything I've worked for... has all been preparation for a future that no longer exists. I know you always thought I took the competition too seriously. You were right. It was all for nothing.”

Emmy Rossum - Laura Chapman

“- Jake Shuttlesworth: What are you studying?
- Mary Shuttlesworth: Cells.
- Jake Shuttlesworth: Yeah, me too.”
Denzel Washington - Jake Shuttlesworth
Zelda Harris - Mary Shuttlesworth