“I know men younger than myself who have taken a pension, put on stupid little white shirts... cut off sleeves, alligator on the tit... and spent the rest of their days beating the hell out of a little white ball with an iron club. My God... the thought of it makes me want to puke.”

George C. Scott - General Harlan Bache

“- Danny Costanzo: We can move down here.
- Ray Hughes: No, being a cop down here wouldn't be the same.
- Danny Costanzo: I don't mean being a cop. I mean to quit, retire, be a regular person.
- Ray Hughes: Regular people suck!
- Danny Costanzo: Maybe, but they hardly ever get shot.”
Billy Crystal - Danny Costanzo
Gregory Hines - Ray Hughes

“- Rebecca Neff: I didn't know he was back. I thought he retired, disabled, mental...?
- Warren: He had a lot of family problems, he started to drink a little too much, police work... piled up on him. He's a good man, you'll like him.”

Diane Venora - Rebecca Neff
Dick O'Neill - Warren

“You're sayin' the FBI's gonna pay me to learn to surf?”
Keanu Reeves - Johnny Utah

“This is the crowning moment of my retired life and I’m not going to throw it away like the evening trash.”
Walter Matthau - Mr. George Wilson