“Never underestimate your opponent. Let's say he has mastered a way to empty a mousetrap without getting caught. If he snaps one of these babies, a chain reaction will start snapping them all. He'll panic, and the law of averages says one of them has to nab him.”

Nathan Lane - Ernie Smuntz

“My number one rule is hope for the best, plan for the worst.”
Scott Glenn - Ezra Kramer

“- Nick Bartkowski: Now what about getting inside?
- Carlos Barrios: The place next door is a real-estate office. We pick the lock. We get in, and go through the wall. It is made of brick, like your brain. It's one foot thick, two layers.”
William Russ - Nick Bartkowski
Rubén Blades - Carlos Barrios

“I think a plan is just a list of things that don't happen.”
Benicio del Toro - Harold Longbaugh
Ryan Phillippe - Mr. Parker

“- Mike: I think I have a plan here: using mainly spoons, we dig a tunnel under the city and release it into the wild.
- Sulley: Spoons?
- Mike: That's it, I'm out of ideas. We're closed. Hot air balloon? Too expensive. Giant slingshot? Too conspicuous. Enormous wooden horse? Too Greek.”
Billy Crystal - Mike
John Goodman - Sullivan